Inhospitably

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inhospitable \In*hos"pi*ta*ble\, a. [Pref. in- not + hospitable:
     cf. L. inhospitalis.]
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     1. Not hospitable; not disposed to show hospitality to
        strangers or guests; as, an inhospitable person or people.
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              Have you no touch of pity, that the poor
              Stand starved at your inhospitable door? --Cowper.
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     2. Affording no shelter or sustenance; barren; desert; bleak;
        cheerless; wild. "Inhospitable wastes." --Blair. --
        {In*hos"pi*ta*ble*ness}, n. -- {In*hos"pi*ta*bly}, adv.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inhospitably
       adv : in an inhospitable manner; "she was received inhospitably by
             her new family" [ant: {hospitably}]