The hairy man punched him unskillfully in the nose. From Wordnik.com. [Ringworld]
“How unskillfully they sell themselves!” he thought. From Wordnik.com. [The Schoolmistress and other stories] Reference
Remember how much we are alike, and that we all act unskillfully at times. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry of Calm] Reference
The world cannot afford for us to move too slowly nor to move unskillfully. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen H. Dinan: The Answer: Wisdom in Washington] Reference
And she fought with her body, unskillfully maybe, but with utter conviction. From Wordnik.com. [Night World No. 2] Reference
Some persons perversely and unskillfully confound the outward man with the old man. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2] Reference
“It means to live unskillfully, blindly, and thus to suffer and cause suffering.”. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
The Raw in Snyder's analogy is that if you play the piano unskillfully, you neither kill nor wound anyone. From Wordnik.com. [Are We 'A Nation Of Cowards'?] Reference
In this case also, then, those who hear skillfully are benefited, and those who hear unskillfully are damaged?. From Wordnik.com. [The Discourses of Epictetus] Reference
It has, in many cases, wielded its power unskillfully and to the detriment of powerless people all over the world. From Wordnik.com. [More about the Trinity United Church of Christ | Barack Obama | positively Barack] Reference
With parts and movements far more ingeniously adapted than those of the crude and unskillfully designed muzzle-pivoting carriages of. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
Kimber used it to mean “artlessly,” but Derrick used it to mean “unskillfully,” which seems to be the dominant modern meaning. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Inartful:] Reference
Elsewhere were stacked cups, plates, ornaments, looted from civilized lands by the heathen or not unskillfully made by their own smiths. From Wordnik.com. [Three Hearts and Three Lions]
Her face was painted thickly and unskillfully, her brow was hidden under her hair, and there was an unblinking, frightened stare in her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Schoolmistress and other stories] Reference
"But for tonight, my lady," he said, unskillfully, though he must have rehearsed it many times, "I think we ye earned the right to be alone, that I may praise you.". From Wordnik.com. [The High Crusade]
They have match-locks, but use them very unskillfully. From Wordnik.com. [Great Pirate Stories] Reference
They chewed something that stank, and spat unskillfully. From Wordnik.com. [Jimgrim]
During the afternoon came a package, rather unskillfully tied with a gilt cord. From Wordnik.com. [Long Live the King!] Reference
Availing himself of the glass, which he used rather unskillfully, Lucien raised a sudden cry. From Wordnik.com. [Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English] Reference
Belgium, because Dumouriez unskillfully extended his front of operations to the gates of Rotterdam. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of War] Reference
That's one of the points Bryan Miller tried to make so unskillfully and deceptively a few days back. From Wordnik.com. [The War on Guns] Reference
What good is industry if it be so unskillfully managed as not to return a living to everyone concerned?. From Wordnik.com. [My Life and Work] Reference
The fire was kindled in the usual manner, and the dinner was not unskillfully prepared by the Irishman. From Wordnik.com. [Adrift in the Wilds or, The Adventures of Two Shipwrecked Boys] Reference
That on Mud Island had been unskillfully constructed and required at least 800 men fully to man the lines. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched] Reference
He threw the empty shell into a pile three times as tall as mine while I unskillfully mashed another seed in my mouth. From Wordnik.com. [The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely] Reference
An Erfurt doctor treated the case lightly and unskillfully and sent him back half cured to Jena, where he resumed his lectures. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller] Reference
Danes found the belfry presently, and began to toll the bell unskillfully while the men below jeered at those who handled the ropes. From Wordnik.com. [Wulfric the Weapon Thane] Reference
This part of the tale is slightly and unskillfully developed. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times] Reference
You are earlier than I expected, "blurted out the lady of the house unskillfully. From Wordnik.com. [From One Generation to Another] Reference
And their bewildered minds unskillfully. From Wordnik.com. [Man of Uz, and Other Poems] Reference
Our arrows, aimed unskillfully, beyond desert. From Wordnik.com. [Brian McLaren EMC] Reference
He was swimming energetically but unskillfully. From Wordnik.com. [Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm] Reference
Not unskillfully. From Wordnik.com. [Kenneth Hite's Journal] Reference
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