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单词 unrightly
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unrightlyadj.

Forms: Old English unryhtlic, Old English–early Middle English unrihtlic, Middle English vnryghtly.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian unriuchtlik (West Frisian ûnrjochtlik ), Old High German unrehtlīh (German unrechtlich ), Old Icelandic úréttligr < the Germanic base of un- prefix1 + the Germanic base of Old English rihtlic (see rightly adv.). Compare unrightly adv.
Obsolete.
Unrighteous, unjust; wicked, wrong, erroneous.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective]
unrightlyeOE
leasea900
falsec1175
untruec1370
untruefulc1380
erroneousc1400
fallacec1400
wrongc1420
unsubstantialc1455
wrongfulc1470
unrighteous1507
improper1531
perverse1531
mistaken1540
square1549
truthless1568
uncorrect1568
misconceiveda1612
errorous1633
swervinga1638
tralatitious1645
out of the way1676
wrongous1768
aberrated1834
aberrational1837
unsubstantiated1837
unevidenced1842
non-realistic1882
unsubstantiate1890
screwed-up1942
disauthentic1960
eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xi. 73 He..næfre ne mæg ðurhteon ðæt unryhtlice weorc.
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xx. 192 Ða wiðerwinnan cwædon þæt hit unrihtlic wære, þæt se man ðe yfel geðafode sceolde buton wite to reste faran.
c1175 ( Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 177 Þonne sceole we nu forlæten unrihtlicæ dædæ & lichamlice lustæs.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 161 Verite caste doune, whan any vnryghtly thynge is preferrid to trouthe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

unrightlyadv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈrʌɪtli/, U.S. /ˌənˈraɪtli/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and rightly adv.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a word inherited from Germanic. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, rightly adv.
Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian unriuchtlike (West Frisian ûnrjochtlik ), Middle Dutch onrechtelīke (Dutch †onrechtelijk ), Middle Low German unrechteliken , Old High German unrehtlīhho (Middle High German unrehtlīche , German unrechtlich ), Old Icelandic úréttliga , Old Danish wrættelighe , vreteligh , urætælich (Danish urettelig , now rare), Old Swedish orätlika < the Germanic base of un- prefix1 + the Germanic base of rightly adv. In later use re-formed < un- prefix1 + rightly adv. Compare unright adv.
Not rightfully; unfairly, wrongly. Also: incorrectly. In early use also: †unrighteously, wickedly (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [adverb]
unevenc1000
unrightOE
unrightlyOE
wronga1250
falsely1303
wrongouslyc1325
unskilfully1338
unskilwiselya1340
wrongly1340
unrightfullyc1350
wrongfullyc1374
unevenly1382
unjustlyc1384
unduly1399
slanderously1429
injustly1502
undeservedly1549
slanderfully1550
unequallya1599
unequitably1649
unfairly1713
iniquitably1742
inequitably1857
society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adverb]
unrightOE
unrightlyOE
wronga1250
mislichec1275
falsely1303
wrongouslyc1325
unskilfully1338
unskilwiselya1340
wrongly1340
unrightfullyc1350
wrongfullyc1374
unjustlyc1384
injustly1502
OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 18 May (2013) 106 Fram þæm mannum..þa he ær unrihtlice ofsloh on ðyssum life.
OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxvii. 245 We syngodon, we dydon unrihtlice, syle us forgifennysse.
OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) lxiii. 113 Se abbod ne geunstille, ne ne gedrefe þa heorde, þe him underþeod is, ne he nan þing ne misfadige, ne unrihtlice ne geendebyrde, swylce he freolice don mote þæt, þæt him licige.
c1175 ( Ælfric Homily (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 65 He is deofles sunu, ðe þe deofles weorc wyrcð, and unrihtwisnesse sunu, ðe þe unrihtlice leofæð.
c1450 Speculum Christiani (Harl. 6580) (1933) 26 Som man sleeȝ wyth hande, as Kaym slew Abel. Also som men sleynge vnrightly, and thei that fleen [read sleen] any body wyth venyme or poyson.
a1525 Eng. Conquest Ireland (Trin. Dublin) (1896) 128 To setten yn har londes, Thay that wyth streynth & vnryghtly weren out I-dryue.
1544 J. Bale Brefe Chron. Syr I. Oldecastell 55 b Not all vnryghtlye ded saynct Augustyn speake yt.
1578 M. Jennings tr. E. de Maisonneufve Gerileon of Englande i. f. 29v Thereby to burden you with the fault, wherein not vnrightly you are culpable.
1605 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung Gen. Pract. Physick iii. xi. 318 The necke of the stomack is..now adayes called by all learned men Oesophagus, and vnrightly Stomachus.
1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. iii. 108 If any inferiour Officers..unrightly governe the people, they may lawfully be resisted by them.
1702 C. Place Serm. Dorchester 14 Those..that grow weary of this Days Observation..seem very unrightly to apprehend the Nature of the Guilt 'tis designed to expiate.
1840 Sporting Mag. Oct. 427 There was a garret room..which we..had christened the armory: nor was it unrightly named.
1845 C. Darwin Let. 10 Feb. in Corr. (1987) III. 140 One cannot help feeling, though unrightly, that such an end is humiliating.
1878 R. Simpson tr. Prodigal Son iv, in R. Simpson School of Shakspere II. 110 We are such honest folk that we covet nothing unrightly.
1940 C. Beals Pan Amer. iv. 59 What we consider as aggression, the Axis Powers, rightly or unrightly, interpret as liberation.
2011 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 5 Jan. a1 ‘I believe this is our church, unrightly taken from us,’ she said. ‘I plan to stay here.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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