unlovely (unluvli)

[ I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st And dreaded as thou art! Cowper , Task, iv. 128. (b) Not beautiful or attractive to the eye; displeasing to the sight. Dark house, by which once more I stand Here in the long unlovely street. Tennyson, In Memoriam, vii. IMG:content-1445.png:[blocks in formation] O Pallas, ladie of citees, why set test thou thy delite in three the moste unluckefull beastes of the worlde, the oulette, the dragon, and the people? Udall , tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 375. (Davies.) unluckily (un-luk'i-li), adv . In an unlucky or unfortunate manner; unfortunately; unhappily; by ill luck. Was there ever so prosperous an invention thus unluck ily perverted and spoiled by a. book-worm, a candle waster? B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, iii. 2. I was once in a mixt a embly that was full of noise and mirth, when on a sudden an old woman unluckily observed there were thirteen of us in company. Add is on, Omens. unluckine (un-luk'i-nes), n. The character or state of being unlucky, in any sense. unlucky (un-luk'i), a . 1. Not lucky or fortunate; not favored by fortune; unsucce ful; subject to frequent misfortune, failure, or mishap; ill-fated; unfortunate; unhappy. In short, they were unlucky to have been bred in an unpolished age, and more unlucky to live to a refined one. Dryden, Def. of Epil. to 2d pt. Conq. Granada. 2. Not resulting in succe ; resulting in failure, disaster, or misfortune. Unlucky accidents which make such experiments mis- Boyle . carry. 3. Accompanied by or bringing misfortune, disappointment, disaster, or the like; ill omened; inauspicious. A most unlucky hour. Shak., Tit. And., ii. 3. 251. Haunt me not with that unlucky face. Dryden, Aurengzebe, iv. 1. 4. Mischievous; mischievously waggish. [Archaic.] Why, cries an unlucky wag, a le bag might have served. Sir R. L'Estrange. There was a lad, th' unluckiest of his crew, Was still contriving something bad but new. Dr. W. King.