unencouragingly

English

Etymology

From unencouraging +‎ -ly.

Adverb

unencouragingly (not comparable)

  1. In an unencouraging way.
    • 1953, Georgette Heyer, Cotillion:
      He then moved towards the Saloon, and Stobhill, saying unencouragingly: "I will have your message conveyed to Miss, sir," opened the door for him.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.