Unluckily
[ʌn'lʌkɪli]
Definition
(adv.) In an unlucky manner.
Typist: Zamenhof
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Unfortunately, as ill luck would have it, in an evil hour.
Typed by Clarissa
Examples
- But he was unluckily endowed with a good name and a large though encumbered estate, both of which went rather to injure than to advance him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- No, you never can; and, unluckily, it is out of distance for a ride. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I wanted to keep it from Jane's knowledge; but, unluckily, I had mentioned it before I was aware. Jane Austen. Emma.
- But, unluckily for her ladyship, its effect had been exactly contrariwise. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I should be but too happy in taking the part, if it were possible, cried Tom; but, unluckily, the Butler and Anhalt are in together. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He is well hidden, but at last he is unluckily found. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- But unluckily that iron gate, that ha-ha, give me a feeling of restraint and hardship. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The great war, unluckily for them, overtook them in the very crisis of this effort. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Unluckily Mr. Candy, hearing nothing, and miles away from suspecting the truth, went on across the table louder and politer than ever. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But only think of his inventing this machine, interposed one of the workmen, rather unluckily. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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