unhumanly

adv

unhumanly

adv

Etymology From unhuman + -ly or un- + humanly.

1

In an unhuman manner.

  • MacDonald was tall; some trick of the night made him appear almost unhumanly tall as he stood in the centre of that tiny moonlit amphitheatre.1915, James Oliver Curwood, The Hunted Woman:
  • A grim meaning rose in the vacuous eye of Lovel; Isaacs caressed his diamond pin, smiling in a sickly fashion; McNamara's wandering stare fixed and grew unhumanly bright; Ufert openly dropped his hand on his gun-butt and stood sullenly defiant.1919, Max Brand, Trailin'!:

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