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单词 indiscreetly
释义

indiscreetlyadv.

/ɪndɪˈskriːtli/
Etymology: < indiscreet adj. + -ly suffix2.
1. In an indiscreet manner; with or through want of discernment, judgement, or prudence.
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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.
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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).
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