She was received inhospitably by her new family. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an inhospitable rocky coast. From Dictionary.com.
Boston and a week later Dan Cody inhospitably died. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Gatsby] Reference
They're reacting inhospitably to this kind of argument. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 2, 2004] Reference
People living in inhospitably hot or cold climates pose a different challenge. From Wordnik.com. [going carbon neutral] Reference
"What brought you here to-day?" asks she, most inhospitably it must be confessed. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
Even the guards who had greeted Stile so inhospitably had relaxed their resentment. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Adept]
And determined to castigate her for keeping Becky a secret, thought Kirstie inhospitably. From Wordnik.com. [At The Spaniard's Convenience]
"What are you doing here?" she continued, inhospitably addressing the darkness before her. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
I replied: "surely it is not the custom of Englishmen to receive strangers so inhospitably.". From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3] Reference
I replied; "surely it is not the custom of Englishmen to receive strangers so inhospitably.". From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 20] Reference
A feeling he hosted like a guest who refused to leave, no matter how inhospitably he behaved?. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
From the car-platform, the treetops far below and the rugged, foam-crowned rocks look inhospitably distant. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
"I was explaining to Mr. Fleming how inhospitably we are forced to treat him, on account of that traitor Sanders.". From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
For this man had been most inhospitably treated, through his strange but undeniable likeness to a perfidious Briton. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Anerley] Reference
Some forebear wisely knew that America was a vast improvement over the inhospitably soul-crushing place of native origins. From Wordnik.com. [Thane Rosenbaum: Rx for Toxic Economy: Immigrants] Reference
The transparently blue blocks of ice inhospitably float on the shaking cold water and press against the dark rock of the island. From Wordnik.com. [Mother] Reference
Fishermen being treated kindly, and hospitably like Friends by the English on their Side of the Island, and unkindly, inhospitably and like. From Wordnik.com. [John Adams diary 37, 22 - 30 November 1782] Reference
"Why did you stop here?" said I, rather inhospitably. From Wordnik.com. [Rudder Grange] Reference
"Whatever did you come for?" she demanded inhospitably. From Wordnik.com. [The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary] Reference
The housekeeper inhospitably attempted to close the door. From Wordnik.com. [Blind Love] Reference
"We'll lock the door and hide," replied Polly inhospitably. From Wordnik.com. [Half a Dozen Girls] Reference
It seemed to frown inhospitably upon them as they drew near. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Hunters] Reference
Now she stared at her visitor inhospitably and without sign. From Wordnik.com. [The Spoilers] Reference
"I wonder what has brought him here?" he thought inhospitably. From Wordnik.com. [Virginia] Reference
The ancient Mariner inhospitably killeth the pious bird of good omen. From Wordnik.com. [Poems of Coleridge] Reference
The Jalapenos did not receive us inhospitably -- nor the Jalapenas either. From Wordnik.com. [The Rifle Rangers] Reference
Sylvia stepped through the gate and drew it inhospitably shut back of her. From Wordnik.com. [The Bent Twig] Reference
"'Tain't nobody at home, Mr. Sanderson," said Hi, inhospitably blocking the way. From Wordnik.com. ['Way Down East A Romance of New England Life] Reference
"Surely it is not the custom of Englishmen to receive strangers so inhospitably.". From Wordnik.com. [Frankenstein] Reference
"Walk in, sir," said Hannah, inhospitably enough, as she made way for him to enter. From Wordnik.com. [Ishmael In the Depths] Reference
He said that as he had been treated so inhospitably he would not pay the 30 per cent. From Wordnik.com. [English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4] Reference
A little gravely perhaps, but not at all inhospitably, she rose and offered her hand. From Wordnik.com. [Will Warburton] Reference
The engineer's knee stiffened inhospitably, and his arm dropped from his wife's waist. From Wordnik.com. [More Cargoes 1897] Reference
It is only natural that he held himself inhospitably aloof: Mrs. Rodney bored him to death. From Wordnik.com. [The Husbands of Edith] Reference
Exiles from the homes of their fathers, they have wandered forth, too often to be inhospitably. From Wordnik.com. [Sermon delivered before the Annual Council of the Diocese of North Carolina, upon the Festival of the Ascension, May 14, 1863,] Reference
"There wasn't no call for you to come," she said, inhospitably; "the medicine ain't used up yet.". From Wordnik.com. [Flower of the Dusk] Reference
In Malaca the ships were very inhospitably received, for soldiers are wont to commit depredations. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
To stand up would show, he thought, that he was not inhospitably eager to detain the parting guest. From Wordnik.com. [The Mark Of Cain] Reference
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