ignoblyadv.

Brit.

/ɪɡˈnəʊbli/, U.S.

/ɪɡˈnoʊbli/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ignoble adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < ignoble adj. + -ly suffix².Compare post-classical Latin ignobiliter dishonourably, basely, meanly (4th cent.), Old French innoblement (in an isolated attestation), Middle French ignobilement, French ignoblement.

In an ignoble or undignified manner; meanly, basely, dishonourably. Also: so as to be of low birth or rank.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [adverb]

undignelyc1315

poorlyc1390

vilea1400

ignobly1594

unnobly1595

meanly1602

meana1626

unhandsomely1650

projectedly1660

unheroically1783

undignifiedly1856

raffishly1897

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > lowness of birth > [adverb]

unornlyc1175

ignobly1594

of no family1705

humbly1855

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adverb] > in a base or vile manner

unwraste?c1225

vilelyc1290

unwrastlyc1320

villainlya1325

vilea1400

vildly1575

basely1593

ignobly1594

projectedly1660

unsolidly1755

blackguardly1827

bounderishly1921

1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia i. sig. A3^v What right had our ambitious auncestors, (Ignobly issued from the Carte and Plough,) To enter Asia?

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 171 No villanous bounty yet hath past my heart; Vnwisely, not ignobly haue I giuen.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. v. 35 I, Noble Vnckle, thus ignobly vs'd, Your Nephew..comes.

1719 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia ix. 366 Yet now, ignobly, you with-hold your Hands, When nearer Liberty your Aid demands.

1746 J. Hervey Medit. among Tombs 54 Let others..ignobly fawn, or anxiously sue, for Preferments.

1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. iii. 398 No sooner had the hour for action arrived than he shrank ignobly from the helm.

1878 W. S. Gilbert H.M.S. Pinafore 1 She says I am ignobly born.

1992 B. Unsworth Sacred Hunger xxxiii. 334 I feel him to be a generous-hearted man, who might go astray in practice, though he would not behave ignobly.

2017 Arena Jrnl. No. 47/48. 322 What if philosophical analysis of an issue shows that one or more of the dominant perspectives on said issue are wilfully flawed, partial, or ignobly motivated?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	ignobly
释义	ignoblyadv. Brit. /ɪɡˈnəʊbli/, U.S. /ɪɡˈnoʊbli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ignoble adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < ignoble adj. + -ly suffix².Compare post-classical Latin ignobiliter dishonourably, basely, meanly (4th cent.), Old French innoblement (in an isolated attestation), Middle French ignobilement, French ignoblement. In an ignoble or undignified manner; meanly, basely, dishonourably. Also: so as to be of low birth or rank. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [adverb] undignelyc1315 poorlyc1390 vilea1400 ignobly1594 unnobly1595 meanly1602 meana1626 unhandsomely1650 projectedly1660 unheroically1783 undignifiedly1856 raffishly1897 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > lowness of birth > [adverb] unornlyc1175 ignobly1594 of no family1705 humbly1855 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adverb] > in a base or vile manner unwraste?c1225 vilelyc1290 unwrastlyc1320 villainlya1325 vilea1400 vildly1575 basely1593 ignobly1594 projectedly1660 unsolidly1755 blackguardly1827 bounderishly1921 1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia i. sig. A3^v What right had our ambitious auncestors, (Ignobly issued from the Carte and Plough,) To enter Asia? a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 171 No villanous bounty yet hath past my heart; Vnwisely, not ignobly haue I giuen. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. v. 35 I, Noble Vnckle, thus ignobly vs'd, Your Nephew..comes. View more context for this quotation 1719 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia ix. 366 Yet now, ignobly, you with-hold your Hands, When nearer Liberty your Aid demands. 1746 J. Hervey Medit. among Tombs 54 Let others..ignobly fawn, or anxiously sue, for Preferments. 1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. iii. 398 No sooner had the hour for action arrived than he shrank ignobly from the helm. 1878 W. S. Gilbert H.M.S. Pinafore 1 She says I am ignobly born. 1992 B. Unsworth Sacred Hunger xxxiii. 334 I feel him to be a generous-hearted man, who might go astray in practice, though he would not behave ignobly. 2017 Arena Jrnl. No. 47/48. 322 What if philosophical analysis of an issue shows that one or more of the dominant perspectives on said issue are wilfully flawed, partial, or ignobly motivated? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < adv.1594
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