unbiddenly
English
Etymology
From unbidden + -ly.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ʌnˈbɪdənli/
Adverb
unbiddenly (comparative more unbiddenly, superlative most unbiddenly)
- Without having been asked or invited.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 10
- 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 [...].
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 10