In a nasty, unpleasant, or cruel way. Most often it is an adverb: you speak unkindly, look at someone unkindly, treat someone unkindly. It means you did the thing with no care for the other person's feelings — not necessarily shouting or hitting, often just cold, sharp, or dismissive.

in a nasty, unpleasant, or cruel way意思是用刻薄、令人不舒服、甚至殘忍的方式。most often it is an adverb最常見的用法是當副詞：you speak unkindly『說話很刻薄』、look at someone unkindly『用不友善的眼神看人』、treat someone unkindly『對人很刻薄』。it means you did the thing with no care for the other person's feelings意思是你做這件事完全不顧對方的感受——not necessarily shouting or hitting不一定是大吼或動手，often just cold, sharp, or dismissive常常只是冷淡、尖銳，或不在乎人。

It can also be an adjective meaning unkind or harsh, but that use is old-fashioned and you will mostly meet it in books, sometimes about weather or land: 'an unkindly wind', 'unkindly soil' — hard, not friendly to living things.

it can also be an adjective它也可以當形容詞 meaning unkind or harsh意思是不友善或嚴酷，but that use is old-fashioned不過這種用法比較舊式，and you will mostly meet it in books大多出現在書裡，sometimes about weather or land有時候用來形容天氣或土地：'an unkindly wind'『an unkindly wind』（無情的風）、'unkindly soil'『unkindly soil』（貧瘠的土地）——hard, not friendly to living things意思是嚴苛、對生物不友善。

There is one very common pattern you must learn separately, because it does not mean what the pieces suggest: 'not take (something) unkindly' and, far more common, 'take it/that unkindly'. If you 'take something unkindly', you are not being unkind — you are the person who felt hurt or offended by what someone else said or did. So 'He took my remark unkindly' means he was upset by it.

there is one very common pattern有一個很常見的用法 you must learn separately你必須另外學，because it does not mean what the pieces suggest因為它的意思不是字面拼起來的樣子：'not take (something) unkindly''not take (something) unkindly'，and far more common還有更常見的 'take it/that unkindly''take it/that unkindly'。if you 'take something unkindly'如果你『take something unkindly』，you are not being unkind並不是你在刻薄——you are the person who felt hurt or offended而是你這個人覺得受傷或被冒犯了 by what someone else said or did因為別人說的話或做的事。so 'He took my remark unkindly'所以『He took my remark unkindly』 means he was upset by it意思是他因為這句話而不高興。

This shows up in polite, slightly formal English, often in the negative: 'I hope you won't take it unkindly if I say...' — a soft way to warn someone that the next sentence is honest and might sting.

this shows up in polite, slightly formal English這個用法常出現在有禮貌、稍微正式的英文裡，often in the negative而且常常是否定句：'I hope you won't take it unkindly if I say...''I hope you won't take it unkindly if I say...'——a soft way to warn someone用委婉的方式提醒對方 that the next sentence is honest and might sting接下來的話很老實、可能有點刺耳。

The tone of 'unkindly' is quieter and more educated than 'meanly' or 'cruelly'. A teacher writing a report, a narrator in a novel, someone describing a small hurt they still remember — those are its natural homes.

the tone of 'unkindly''unkindly'的語氣 is quieter and more educated than 'meanly' or 'cruelly'比『meanly』或『cruelly』更含蓄、更有書卷氣。a teacher writing a report老師在寫報告、a narrator in a novel小說裡的敘述者、someone describing a small hurt they still remember描述自己還記得的小小傷害的人——those are its natural homes這些都是它最自然出現的場合。

In everyday speech people are much more likely to say 'She was mean to me' than 'She spoke to me unkindly'. That does not make it rare; it makes it the written and careful-speech version.

in everyday speech在日常對話裡，people are much more likely to say大家比較常說 'She was mean to me''She was mean to me'，than 'She spoke to me unkindly'而不是『She spoke to me unkindly』。that does not make it rare但這不代表這個字很少見；it makes it the written and careful-speech version只是它比較是書面、講究用字時的版本。