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单词 un-quakerly
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un-Quakerlyadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈkweɪkəli/, U.S. /ˌənˈkweɪkərli/
Forms: also without hyphen and with lower-case initial in the second element.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, Quakerly adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + Quakerly adj.
Not Quakerly; not characteristic of or befitting a Quaker.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > Quakerism > [adjective] > not like a Quaker
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un-Quakerish1822
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1763 Monthly Rev. 27 506 Though fighting be a very un-quakerly principle.
1846 B. Barton Sel. Poems & Ballads (1849) 41 The bell, with the somewhat unquakerly inscription of ‘Mr. Barton's bell’.
1880 Marion (Ohio) Daily Star 23 July Some exception was taken to the singing of hymns at general meetings which had been held. It was characterized as very unquakerly.
1956 Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. 80 238 He resorted to un-Quakerly threats.
2010 D. Cadbury Chocolate Wars xv. 211 He was swept up in a most un-Quakerly activity: manufacturing bomb parts, shells, artillery hubs, gears, and track links for tanks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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