What does unsisterly mean?
Unsisterly means Not sisterly; not befitting a sister..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Not sisterly; not befitting a sister..
[…] I desire I may throw myself at my father’s and mother’s feet, and hear from them what their sentence is. I shall at least avoid, by that means, the unsisterly insults I meet with from you.
Mary was not so repulsive and unsisterly as Elizabeth, nor so inaccessible to all influence of hers […]
Felicity tossed her golden head and shot an unsisterly glance at Dan.
Use unsisterly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unsisterly means Not sisterly; not befitting a sister..
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[…] I desire I may throw myself at my father’s and mother’s feet, and hear from them what their sentence is. I shall at least avoid, by that means, the unsisterly insults I meet with from you.
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