unablyadv.
Now rare or Obsolete.
In an unable or incapable manner.
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unablya1400
a1400–50 Alexander 2308 Quat, & has þou ossed to Alexander þis ayndain wirdes, And me þus ill? vn-ably þine abet þou weris.
c1658 in Lovelace's Poems (1904) 212 Thy but unably-comprehending clay, To what could not be circumscrib'd gave way.
1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 180 Facts unably related, tho with the greatest Sincerity, and good Faith, may prove the worst sort of Deceit.
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adv.a1400- long-finned gurnard
- long-fish
- long-fleeced
- long-flowered
- long-focus
- long-focused
- long-footed
- long-footed potoroo
- long-forgotten
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