| 单词 | unkingly | 
| 释义 | unkinglyadj. 1.  Not in accordance with the position or character of a king; not appropriate to or suitable for a king; not regal. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. Obsolete.   In a manner unbefitting a king; unlike a king. ΘΚΠ 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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