unwontedly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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In particular, she is recalling a carriage ride with her husband, who at the time seemed unwontedly cheerful; she leans forward, arms extended, as if trying to embrace the memory.
From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2015
The man who must make the final decisions has been unwontedly somber since he returned to Washington last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
At week's end he was at his Bimini hideaway, unwontedly subdued.
From Time Magazine Archive
England, for so many centuries "a nest of singing birds," finds herself today unwontedly in want of a great poet she can call her own.
From Time Magazine Archive
He got on well with Byron, a very uncommon thing; and from Carlyle, whom he met when they were both on the staff of Fraser, he receives unwontedly amiable notice.
From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George
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