unhonestly
English
Etymology
From Middle English unhonestly (“disgracefully”); equivalent to un- + honestly.
Adverb
unhonestly (comparative more unhonestly, superlative most unhonestly)
- (obsolete) Synonym of dishonestly
- 1610, The Second Tome of the Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Lavrence Kellam, […], OCLC 1006139495, 2 Kinges 13:2, page 658:
- […] 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.
- 1675 [1647], Henry Hexham, Daniel Manly, editor, A Copious English and Netherdutch Dictionary […] , Rotterdam, page 435:
- Vnhoneſtly, oneerbaerlijck, oftefameusſelijck.
- 1898, William Morris, “LIII: They Come to Wethermel, and the Carline Begins a Tale”, in The Sundering Flood, Longmans, Green, and Company, →ISBN, page 294:
- Now the Carline remembered the coming of the said merchant, and how he had cast his love on the Maiden unhonestly and lustfully.
Middle English
Alternative forms
- unhonestli, un-honestli, unonestly
Etymology
From unhoneste (“dishonourable”) + -ly (adverbial suffix) or un- + honestly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /unˈɔnɛstliː/
Adverb
unhonestly
- disgracefully, dishonourably
- immorally, unethically
- inappropriately, unsuitably
Descendants
- English: unhonestly
References
- “unhonestlī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.