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单词 unkingly
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unkinglyadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈkɪŋli/, U.S. /ˌənˈkɪŋli/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and kingly adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, kingly adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + kingly adj.Compare German unköniglich (16th cent.), Old Icelandic úkonungligr.
1. Not in accordance with the position or character of a king; not appropriate to or suitable for a king; not regal.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > king > [adjective] > not
unkingly1559
unkinglikea1616
1559 T. Paynell tr. Erasmus Complaint of Peace sig. F.iiv There is noo probatyon more certenne of an abiecte, and of an unkyngly mynde [L. humilis animi, minimeque regij], than to be reuenged.
1599 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. King Edward IV sig. M4 Edward of England, these are vnkingly words.
1658 F. Osborne Trad. Mem. Reign Elizabeth 12 in Hist. Mem. Reigns Elizabeth & Iames An Art lost in these latter times, or thought unkingly.
1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane i. i With most un-kingly baseness, H' has ta'en the advantage of their absent arms.
a1797 E. Burke Tracts Popery Laws in Wks. (1842) II. 439/1 [Louis XIV] had recourse..to an unkingly denial of the fact, which made against him.
1853 R. C. Trench On Lessons in Proverbs 41 He was about, in somewhat unsoldierly and unkingly fashion, immediately to retire.
1880 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant xii To introduce Popery..by ways the most unkingly and perfidious.
1910 Penny Illustr. Paper 12 Mar. 345/3 There was only Her Majesty to witness his unkingly mirth.
1959 Washington Post 5 Aug. d3/5 The future king of England—dressed in an un-kingly yellow T-shirt.
2014 S. M. Chun Ethics & Biblical Narr. vii. 169 The narrator also ridicules Hezekiah's unkingly acts.
2. Of a person: unlike a king; esp. not behaving in a manner characteristic or worthy of a king; ignoble.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > unseemly > for specific people
unprincely1536
ungentlemanly1562
unprincelike1579
unroyala1586
knightless1590
ungentlemanlike1592
unknightly1596
unkingly1606
unregal1611
ungentlemanny1667
unqueenlike1679
unofficerlike1746
unladylike1766
unquality-like1784
ungentlewomanlike1789
unqueenly1819
unpatriarchal1836
1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xviii. f. 72 For that treasure the couetousnes of my Kinglie, yet vnkinglie brother, murthered him.
1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xiv. 90 What shameful Words, (unkingly as thou art) Fall from that trembling Tongue, and tim'rous Heart?
1791 T. Goold Vindic. E. Burke's Refl. (Dublin ed.) 55 The reforming pen of these unkingly philosophers.
1823 Examiner 2 Feb. 88/2 Dalgarno, who..marches off in defiance from the presence of the unkingly James.
1886 P. A. Ashworth tr. R. Gneist Hist. Eng. Constit. II. xxxviii. 235 In James I. a learned pedant had ascended the throne, unkingly in bearing, manners, and speech.
1922 Illustr. London News 14 Oct. 586/1 Her troubles with the wind-vane Rizzio and the unkingly Darnley.
1971 L. B. Smith Henry VIII iv. 67 Ferdinand, the King of the Romans, was considered ill-mannered and unkingly.
2017 I. D. Wilson Kingship & Memory in Anc. Judah ii. 44 Deuteronomy's king is decidedly unkingly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

unkinglyadv.

Forms: see un- prefix1 and kingly adv.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, kingly adv.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + kingly adv.Compare Middle High German unküneclīche (German unköniglich), Old Icelandic úkonungliga.
Obsolete.
In a manner unbefitting a king; unlike a king.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > king > [adverb] > not
unkinglyc1425
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 3770 He vnkyngly [a1475 Digby 230 vnkindly] of verray malys souȝt Ageyns [emended in ed. to Ageynes] vs firste occasioun.
1579 J. Stubbs Discouerie Gaping Gulf sig. C5 Rychard [II]..fell amourous most unkindlye and vnkingly with a french girle but eyght yeeres of age.
1615 R. A. Valiant Welshman ii. iv. sig. D3 He vnkingly, basely did refuse.
a1672 A. Bradstreet Several Poems (1678) 118 For a while unkingly there he lyes.
1888 Bp. Alexander tr. V. Hugo Soudan in H. B. Dole et al. tr. V. Hugo Wks. II. 248 Then gaping most unkingly, he dismissed his slaves.
1905 tr. T. Flathe French Revol. & Rise of Napoleon XVI. ii. 72 Unkingly, he stooped to supplications.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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