adv. [UN-1 11.] In an ungentle manner; unkindly; roughly; discourteously, rudely.
c. 1440. Jacob’s Well, 200. I seyde of hym vnkyndely, vndewly, vngentylly, vnwysely, folyly, & perylously.
1483. Vulgaria abs Terentio, 25. Thow hast seruyd me vngentilly.
1523. [Coverdale], Old God (1534), D j. It shall make the sorye … to see that Paule … was so vnkyndly and vngentily entreated.
1575. Vautrollier, Luther on Ep. Gal., 210. Paule handleth you very vngentely, he calleth you foolish,… and disobedient to the truth.
1621. Bp. Mountagu, Diatribæ, 25. In this poynt you are to be taxed deeply, for dealing vngently and vnthankfully with your much admired … Joseph Scaliger.
1655. trans. Sorel’s Com. Hist. Francion, IV. 23. It was not by these people alone that I was … so ungently intreated.
1822. Lamb, Gentle Giantess, Wks. 1909, I. 269. I have seen these shy gownsmen … ungently neglecting the delicacies of her polished converse.
1860. Ruskin, Unto this Last, i. (1896), 12. The servant who, gently treated, is ungrateful, treated ungently, will be revengeful.
