| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Ill-bred.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb ill-nurturedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (ill-nurturedly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective ill-nurtured.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ILL-NURTURED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1593. (references) |
