Unbiddenly

/ʌnˈbɪdənli/ adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Without having been asked or invited.

    "He seemed to take to me quite as naturally and unbiddenly as I to him; and when our smoke was over, he pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married [...]."

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"He seemed to take to me quite as naturally and unbiddenly as I to him; and when our smoke was over, he pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married [...]."

Etymology

From unbidden + -ly.

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