Unripely

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an unripe way; prematurely.

    "What is our life, but our life's tragedy, / Extinguish'd in a momentary time? / And life to murder life is cruelty, / Unripely withering in a flowery prime […]"

Example

More examples

"What is our life, but our life's tragedy, / Extinguish'd in a momentary time? / And life to murder life is cruelty, / Unripely withering in a flowery prime […]"

Etymology

From unripe + -ly.

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