Unchristianly
adj, adv
adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Unchristian.
"[I]f he perſiſt to be otherwiſe opinion’d, let him well adviſe, left thinking to gripe faſt the Goſpel, he be found in ſtead with the canon law in his fiſt: boiſtrous edicts tyrannizing the bleſſed ordinance of mariage into the quality of a moſt unnatural and unchriſtianly yoke, […]"
Adjective
- 1 not becoming to or like a Christian wordnet
Adverb
- 1 In an unchristian way.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"[I]f he perſiſt to be otherwiſe opinion’d, let him well adviſe, left thinking to gripe faſt the Goſpel, he be found in ſtead with the canon law in his fiſt: boiſtrous edicts tyrannizing the bleſſed ordinance of mariage into the quality of a moſt unnatural and unchriſtianly yoke, […]"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From unchristian + -ly.
Etymology 2
From un- + Christianly.