Unhonestly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Synonym of dishonestly. obsolete

    "[…]and was fond on her excedingly, ſo that for the loue of her he was ſicke: becauſe wheras ſhe was a virgin, it ſemed vnto him had hard to doe any thing vnhoneſtly with her."

Example

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"[…]and was fond on her excedingly, ſo that for the loue of her he was ſicke: becauſe wheras ſhe was a virgin, it ſemed vnto him had hard to doe any thing vnhoneſtly with her."

Etymology

From Middle English unhonestly (“disgracefully”); equivalent to un- + honestly.

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