单词 | indiscreetly |
释义 | indiscreetlyadv. 1. In an indiscreet manner; with or through want of discernment, judgement, or prudence. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adverb] > imprudently amissc1275 unadvisedlyc1340 unadviselyc1380 undiscreetlyc1380 unadvised1390 unredilya1398 unprudentlyc1425 indiscreetlyc1450 unvisedly1488 unprovisedlya1500 imprudently?1541 misadvisedly1548 unforeseeingly1611 inadvisably1844 ill-advisedly1879 c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. viii. 74 Somme indiscretly for grace of deuocion haue destroied hemself. 1535 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 10 §1 They..doo many times dispose indiscretely and vnaduisedly their landes and inheritances. a1640 P. Massinger & J. Fletcher Very Woman i. i. 191 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) 'Twas done indiscreetly. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiii. viii. 67 It should be a Warning to all Persons (says she, looking at her Daughters) how they marry indiscreetly . View more context for this quotation 1825 J. Bentham Rationale Reward in Wks. (1843) II. 210 Astonished that legislators have so indiscreetly multiplied the operations which tend to weaken its [veracity's] influence. 2. Scottish. Uncivilly, impolitely. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adverb] unhendlya1225 uncourteously1338 rudelyc1405 rudec1460 roidlyc1480 homely1563 discourteously1572 uncivilly1577 indiscreetly1637 unhandsomely1662 incivilly1671 unpolitely1695 impolitely1736 incourteously1859 1637–50 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) 312 I hope you will not use me so indiscreetlie as did one Mr David Calderwood when I was comeing out of Scotland. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adv.c1450 |
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