inhumanly

See also: inhumanely

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English inhuman

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English inhumanly

From inhuman + -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈhjuːmənli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adverb

inhumanly (comparative more inhumanly, superlative most inhumanly)

1. In an inhuman manner.
   • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 210:

     Ursula rose, then stood in a line with the bearers, motionless as though waiting for inexorable fate. She suffered the grotesquely and inhumanly lengthened shadow from the men and their burden to fall on her.

Antonyms

• humanly

Translations

in an inhuman manner

• Esperanto: nehome
• Georgian: არაადამიანურად (araadamianurad)
• Polish: nieludzko, nie po ludzku
• Romanian: neomenește (ro), inuman (ro)