irrespectivelyadv.
/ɪrɪˈspɛktɪvli/ In an irrespective manner.† 1. Without showing respect; disrespectfully. Obsolete.† 2. In a manner showing disregard of particular persons or circumstances. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [adverb]
unrespectively1586
unrespectively1593
slightly1601
respectlessly1612
slightfully1627
disrespectively1636
irrespectively1636
undervaluingly1637
unrespectfullya1648
slightingly1654
disrespectfully1703
cavalierly1718
slightily1740
undeferentially1876
1636 Featly in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1872) III. Ps. lxiii. 10 To see the vilest of all creatures..irrespectively hale and tear in pieces the casket which whilome enclosed the richest jewel in the world.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [adverb]
indifferentlyc1374
indistinctlyc1420
confusedly?1531
undistinctly1548
confusely?c1550
without respect?c1550
without choice1576
intermixedlya1586
unrespectively1586
pell-mell1587
promiscuously1593
mixedly1597
indiscriminate1598
promiscually1602
swoopstake1603
promiscuous1616
irrespectively1624
muddily1648
indiscriminately1652
humdrum1660
indiscriminally1665
undistinguishingly1665
indeterminatelya1676
indiscriminatively1684
indistinguishably1689
indiscretely1698
indistinctively1699
undiscerningly1707
uncritically1763
indiscriminatingly1824
undiscriminatingly1894
unfastidiously1929
1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? xi. 178 That God, by his sole will and absolute decree, hath irrespectiuely resolued, and ineuitably decreed, some to be saued, some to be damned, from all Eternity.
a1660 H. Hammond Wks. I. 485 (R.) He is all the while convinced that all the promises..belong to him absolutely and irrespectively.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 104 in Wks. (1721) II. None doom'd to endless Flame can plead Hell irrespectively decreed.
a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) VII. 218 Mere undeserved mercy, that places the marks of its favour absolutely and irrespectively upon whom it pleases.
3. Without regard to or consideration of other things or of (†to) something specified; independently.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > relationship > non-relation > [adverb] > independently
without respect1528
irrespectively1648
independently1651
irrespective1839
unrespective1845
unrespectively1963
1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia i. x. §4. 111 The solid meat of vertue, which is the discharge of our duty to God and man, irrespectively to humane praise.
a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) X. 138 Prosperity, considered absolutely and irrespectively, is better and more desirable than adversity.
1842 E. Miall in Nonconformist 2 1 A conscientious and uncompromising advocacy of truth, quite irrespectively of party convenience.
1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. v. 159 He values them, irrespectively of the practical conveniences which their triumph may obtain for him.
1884 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 13 691 The Court could enlarge the time irrespectively of the contract of the parties.
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