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unˈmeasurably, adv.
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†1. Without measure or moderation; immoderately, unrestrainedly. Obs.
a1420Wycliffite Bible Ecclus. xi. 10 margin, If thou suest, in sekinge richessis vnmesurably, thou schalt not take. a1450Knt. de la Tour 53 Other that be..enflamed unmesurably like wolues. 1542–5Brinklow Lament. 9 b, Ye abvse your riches,..for ye spende vnmeasurably. 1561Hollybush Hom. Apoth. 40 Eating and drinking vnmeasurably. 1631J. Anchoran Comenius' Gate Tongues 190 To laugh aloud and vnmeasurably. 1679Hist. Jetzer 17 He..frets and fumes unmeasurably. a1693Ludlow Mem. (1698) II. 624 The Court..grew unmeasurably insolent. 1722Wollaston Relig. Nat. v. xviii. (1724) 111 Opposite parties make a merit of blackening their adversaries..undeservedly and unmeasurably.
2. To an immeasurable extent or degree; excessively, extremely.
1513Henry V (1911) 132 Famyne..vnmeasurably raigned amongest them. c1530Ld. Berners Arth. Lyt. Bryt. (1814) 336 Hys spere..was so long & byg so vnmesurably, yt [etc.]. 1624Bp. Hall Peace Maker in Var. Treat. (1627) 538 Grace sensibly imperfect, sinne vnmeasurably sinfull. a1670Rust Disc. Truth (1682) 180 A Soul unmeasurably breathing after the Embraces of Truth. 1704Norris Ideal World ii. xii. 510 'Tis not to be imagined..how unmeasurably the powers of that soul must needs be illuminated. a1797H. Walpole Mem. Geo. II (1847) I. vi. 186 He was..unmeasurably obstinate. 1828Ld. Grenville Sink. Fund 1 Unmeasurably more beneficial to mankind, are those qualities. 1866Airy Pop. Astron. i. 37 That the distance..is unmeasurably small, compared with the distances of the stars. |