单词 | unprovokedly |
释义 | unprovokedlyadv. In an unprovoked manner; without provocation. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [adverb] > incitingly > without provocation unprovokedly1581 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius Ep. Ded. sig. Av So vnprouokedly to aduertize her highnes of matters inconuenient, daungerous to her soules health. 1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. i. v. 95 Galen..somewhere unprovokedly and causelessly enough derides Moses. 1780 T. Davies Mem. Life David Garrick I. 23 He was rudely and unprovokedly attacked by a boisterous man. 1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. xii. 455 His conduct..has nothing of bad, at least of unprovokedly bad. 1925 Times 5 Oct. 15/3 Abd-el-Krim..unprovokedly invaded French territory. 2001 C. Storr If Game (2002) vi. 29 He knew he'd been unprovokedly rude at their last meeting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1581 |
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