(~er, ~est)
1.
If someone is ~, they behave in an unpleasant, unfriendly, or slightly cruel way. You can also describe someone’s words or actions as ~.
All last summer he’d been ~ to her...
No one has an ~ word to say about him...
Without wishing to be ~, she’s not the most interesting company...
? kind
ADJ: oft ADJ to n, it v-link ADJ to-inf
~ly
Several viewers commented ~ly on her costumes...
‘He’s a bit of an eccentric old fatty,’ Thomas thought, ~ly.
? kindly
ADV: ADV with v, ADV with cl
~ness
He realized the ~ness of the remark and immediately regretted having hurt her with it.
? kindness
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2.
If you describe something bad that happens to someone as ~, you mean that they do not deserve it. (WRITTEN)
The weather was ~ to those pipers who played in the morning.
...a shared conviction that some ~ fate or chance is keeping them apart.
? kind
ADJ: oft ADJ to n