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untoward
(encz) | untoward,nečekaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
untoward
(encz) | untoward,neobvyklý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Untoward
(gcide) | Untoward \Un*to"ward\, prep. [Unto + -ward.]
Toward. [Obs.] --Gower.
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Untoward
(gcide) | Untoward \Un*to"ward\, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]
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1. Froward; perverse. "Save yourselves from this untoward
generation." --Acts ii. 40.
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2. Awkward; ungraceful. "Untoward words." --Creech. "Untoward
manner." --Swift.
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3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky;
unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.
[1913 Webster] -- Un*to"ward*ly, adv. --
Un*to"ward*ness, n.
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untoward
(wn) | untoward
adj 1: not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right
or proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent
haste"; "indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a
lady"; "unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their
untoward ribaldry" [syn: indecent, indecorous,
unbecoming, uncomely, unseemly, untoward]
2: contrary to your interests or welfare; "adverse
circumstances"; "made a place for themselves under the most
untoward conditions" [syn: adverse, inauspicious,
untoward] |
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Untoward
(gcide) | Untoward \Un*to"ward\, prep. [Unto + -ward.]
Toward. [Obs.] --Gower.
[1913 Webster]Untoward \Un*to"ward\, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]
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1. Froward; perverse. "Save yourselves from this untoward
generation." --Acts ii. 40.
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2. Awkward; ungraceful. "Untoward words." --Creech. "Untoward
manner." --Swift.
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3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky;
unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.
[1913 Webster] -- Un*to"ward*ly, adv. --
Un*to"ward*ness, n.
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Untowardly
(gcide) | Untoward \Un*to"ward\, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]
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1. Froward; perverse. "Save yourselves from this untoward
generation." --Acts ii. 40.
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2. Awkward; ungraceful. "Untoward words." --Creech. "Untoward
manner." --Swift.
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3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky;
unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.
[1913 Webster] -- Un*to"ward*ly, adv. --
Un*to"ward*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]Untowardly \Un*to"ward*ly\, a.
Perverse; froward; untoward. "Untowardly tricks and vices."
--Locke.
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Untowardness
(gcide) | Untoward \Un*to"ward\, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.]
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1. Froward; perverse. "Save yourselves from this untoward
generation." --Acts ii. 40.
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2. Awkward; ungraceful. "Untoward words." --Creech. "Untoward
manner." --Swift.
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3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky;
unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident.
[1913 Webster] -- Un*to"ward*ly, adv. --
Un*to"ward*ness, n.
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