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Definition of Inclement

1. Adjective. (of weather or climate) severe.

2. Adjective. Used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy. "The harsh sentence of an inclement judge"

Definition of Inclement

1. a. Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh.

Definition of Inclement

1. Adjective. Stormy, of rough weather ¹

2. Adjective. (obsolete) Merciless, unrelenting. ¹

3. Adjective. (archaic) unmercifully severe in temper or action ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inclement

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inclement

incivilly incivism incivisms inclamation inclamations inclarity inclasp inclasped inclasping inclasps

inclavated inclave incle inclemencies inclemency inclement (current term) inclemently inclementness incles inclinable

inclinableness inclinatio inclinatio pelvis inclination inclination of an orbit inclination of pelvis inclinational inclinations inclinatory incline

Literary usage of Inclement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Physical Education Review by American Physical Education Association (1905)
"PLAYGROUNDS FOR inclement WEATHER.* BY LEIGH K. BAKER, MD I do not wish to be understood as advocating indoor at the expense of outdoor playgrounds. ..."

2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1810)
"... is either '1^0 revive a subject, the discussion remain twelve months in the cask. MB. URBAN, Dec. 3. ent adds, " At this inclement season of March or ..."

3. The Civil War in Song and Story: 1860-1865 by Frank Moore (1889)
"... of so inclement an aspiration. They immediately took him to account for it, calling him a " secesh." " Thunder ! no, I ain't," suid he. ..."

4. Tuscan Cities by William Dean Howells (1885)
"But it seemed to me that there were now fewer Italian plays given than there were twenty years ago ; and the opera season was almost as short and inclement ..."

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