Unbecomingly

2 definitions found

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

  Unbecoming \Un`be*com"ing\, a. [Pref. un- not + becoming.]
     Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall.  --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Un`be*com"ing*ly}, adv. --


     {Un`be*com"ing*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  unbecomingly
       adv : without decorousness [syn: {indecorously}] [ant: {decorously}]