incorruptly
English
Etymology
incorrupt + -ly
Adverb
incorruptly (comparative more incorruptly, superlative most incorruptly)
- Without corruption.
- 1642, John Milton, The Reason of Church-Government Urg’d against Prelaty; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, OCLC 926209975, page 203:
- To come within the narrowneſs of Houſhold-Government, obſervation will ſhew us many deep Counſellors of State and Judges do demean themſelves incorruptly in the ſettl'd courſe of Affairs, and many worthy Preachers upright in their Lives […] .
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for incorruptly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)