Definition of "unpropitiously" []

• In an unpropitious way. (adverb)

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• "But the boat he chartered, the unpropitiously named Mal di Testa—"headache" in Italian—capsized and was abandoned, Ms. Cook said."
• "So, unpropitiously, my acquaintance with Mr. Skelmersdale began."
• "The Chancellor, more relieved than he would have acknowledged, reflected before a fire and over a glass of hot milk that he was rather unpropitiously bringing Karl a bride!"