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unfavorably

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un·fa·vor·a·ble  (n-fvr--bl, -fvr-bl)
adj.
1. Likely to be a hindrance; disadvantageous: unfavorable winds.
2. Having or showing opposition; adverse: an unfavorable reaction to our proposal.
un·favor·a·ble·ness n.
un·favor·a·bly adv.
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Adv.1.unfavorably - showing disapprovalunfavorably - showing disapproval; in a disparaging way; "he reviewed the play unfavorably"
unfavourably
favorably, favourably - showing approval; "he reviewed the play favorably"
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But knowing by experience that in the present condition of the public temper it was dangerous to express an opinion opposed to the general one, and especially to criticize the volunteers unfavorably, he too watched Katavasov without committing himself.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Overcome by sadness, nervously agitated, deeply distressed at having been so long separated from her lover, disturbed at the sight of the emotion she had divined, she accordingly presented herself to the king with an embarrassed aspect, which in his then disposition of mind the king interpreted unfavorably.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Perhaps there is inevitably something morbid in a human being who is in any way unfavorably excepted from ordinary conditions, until the good force has had time to triumph; and it has rarely had time for that at two-and-twenty.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
 
 
 
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