unsoundlyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈsaʊndli/, U.S. /ˌənˈsaʊn(d)li/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adverb]
evilc1275
balefullya1375
harmfullyc1374
teenfullya1375
wickedlya1375
unsoundlyc1400
ill1483
mischievously1512
noisomely1589
infectiously1609
evilly1631
damageably1648
poisonously1746
noxiously1755
injuriously1809
nocuously1847
damagingly1854
banefully1865
damnously1884
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adverb]
evilc1275
balefullya1375
harmfullyc1374
teenfullya1375
wickedlya1375
unsoundlyc1400
prejudicially1467
ill1483
mischievously1512
pestilently1528
badly1580
noisomely1589
infectiously1609
prejudiciously1614
evilly1631
damageably1648
deleteriously1657
disserviceablya1670
noxiously1755
injuriously1809
nocuously1847
damagingly1854
banefully1865
detrimentally1879
damnously1884
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1438 Þenne þay beten on þe buskeȝ & bede hym vp ryse, & he vnsoundyly out soȝt seggeȝ ouer-þwert.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 201 Ne neuer so sodenly soȝt [God] vn-soundely to weng, As for fylþe of þe flesch þat foles han vsed.
2. In an unsound or unsolid manner.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > weakness > [adverb]
slightly1521
unsoundly1593
flimsily1787
frailly1860
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > error in belief or opinion > [adverb]
ungroundablyc1449
ungroundedly?1550
erroneously1578
unsoundly1593
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > [adverb] > in a disturbed or broken way
unsound1595
unsoundly1828
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie Pref. 32 All such partes of the worde of God..no lesse vnsoundly taught and interpreted by all authorized English Pastors, then by Antichristes factors themselues.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Insolidement, vnsoundly, vnsolidely,..feebly.
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues ii. v. 195 If it were notable to bear such small Fillips, it would be a sign that things hung very crazily and unsoundly together.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) He sleeps unsoundly.
1851 H. L. Mansel Prolegomena Logica i. 2 That it is possible to transgress those [mental] laws, or to think unsoundly.
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