† unslyadj.adv.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1, 5b Compare Old Norse úslœg-r not sly or cunning.

Obsolete.

1. Of persons: Unskilful, unwise, foolish, careless.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective]

dizzyc825

unwisec825

redelessOE

unwittyc1000

daftlikec1175

witlessc1175

canga1225

adoted?c1225

cangun?c1225

egedec1225

cangeda1250

foola1250

snepea1250

aerwittec1275

sotlyc1275

unslyc1275

unwitterc1275

unwilya1300

nicec1300

goosishc1374

unskilfulc1374

follyc1380

lewdc1380

mis-feelinga1382

dottlec1390

foltedc1390

peevishc1400

fona1425

fonnishc1425

foliousa1450

foolisha1450

daft?c1450

doitedc1450

dotyc1450

daffish1470

insapientc1470

gucked?a1500

wanwittya1500

furious1526

insipient1528

seelya1529

dawish?1529

foolage1545

momish1546

base-wittedc1547

stultitiousa1549

follifulc1550

senseless1565

mopish1568

fondish1579

unsensiblea1586

fondly1587

dizzardly1594

follial1596

featlessc1598

fopperly1599

gowkeda1605

inept1604

simple1604

anserine1607

foppish1608

silly ass1608

unsage1608

wisdomless1608

fool-beggeda1616

Gotham1621

noddy1645

badot1653

dosser-headed1655

infrunite1657

nonsensicalc1661

slight1663

sappy1670

datelessa1686

noddy-peaked1694

nizy1709

dottled1772

gypit1804

shay-brained1806

folly-stricken1807

fool-like1811

goosy1811

spoony1813

niddle-noddle1821

gumptionless1823

daftish1825

anserous1826

as crazy as a loon1830

spoonish1833

cheese-headed1836

dotty1860

fool-fool1868

noodly1870

dilly1873

gormless1883

daffy1884

monkey-doodle1886

mosy1887

jay1891

pithecanthropic1897

peanut-headed1906

dinlo1907

boob1911

goofy1921

ding-a-ling1935

jerky1944

jerk1947

jerkish1948

pointy-headed1950

doofus1967

twitty1967

twittish1969

nerkish1975

numpty1992

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective]

craftlessOE

unslyc1275

unexperta1425

incrafty?1520

imperite?1550

unskilful1565

skilless1573

artless1586

inexpert1598

unarted1603

boisterous1609

unhandsomea1616

unwieldy1666

unartful1683

undexterous1688

unaccomplished1709

not so (also not too) hot1845

rotten1867

one-fingered1868

button pushing1896

c1275 Sinners Beware 302 in Old Eng. Misc. 82 He gredeþ þanne heye, Þe wrecches and þe vnsleye, Þat luuede þe vnredes.

c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1938 Þarfor me thynk he es unsleghe Þat mas hym noght here redy to deghe.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxiii. 28 She waiteth in the weie, as a thef; and whom vnsleiȝ [a1425 L.V. vnwar] she seeth, she shal slen.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21631 Mani o trouth es sua vn-slei, þai tru noght bot þat þai se wit ei.

c1425 Cast. Persev. 2781 In all hys werkis he is vnslye; mekyl of hys lyf he hath myspent.

c1450 Mirk's Festial 6 Vnsley old man, goo heþen! for I se apon þe mony meruayles.

a. Unskilfully made or done; awkward.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > unskilfully made or done

unslya1300

misframeda1450

mismadec1480

ill-fashioned1600

bungled1619

ill-turneda1637

blunderly1746

stickit1784

wall-eyed1847

craftless1905

jack-legged1907

jackleg1936

a1300 Cursor Mundi 1684 Þou lok þi werk be noght vnslei.

13.. Northern Passion (Cambr. Gg. 1. 1) 1356 Als þei droth [= drew] þe tre on heie, Þe werk waxed so vnsleie.

a1585 Ld. Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 159 To answere thee In sermon short I am content; And sayes thy similitudes vnslie Are na wayes verie pertinent.

b. As adv. Unskilfully, awkwardly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > clumsily or awkwardly

unhagherlyc1175

unslyly?a1400

roughc1400

unslya1425

rudelyc1425

unhandsomely1545

grosslyc1550

untowardly?1550

botcherly?1566

bungerly1574

lubberlike1575

lumpishly1583

clouterly1593

lubberly1594

foggily1599

awkly1603

unwieldilyc1610

cumbersomely1611

uneasily1611

sinisterly1628

left-handedly1648

ungainlya1661

awkwardly1663

clumsily1691

uncleverly1697

wrong1727

unwieldly1793

gawkily1811

maladroitly1827

undexterously1848

flat-footedly1886

ham-fistedly1964

ham-handedly1964

a1425 (?c1300) Northern Passion (Cambr. Gg.5.31) 144/217 Þe tre..was wroght so vnsclegh Þat it was schortir þan þe make Be four fute.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	unsly
释义	† unslyadj.adv. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1, 5b Compare Old Norse úslœg-r not sly or cunning. Obsolete. 1. Of persons: Unskilful, unwise, foolish, careless. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective] dizzyc825 unwisec825 redelessOE unwittyc1000 daftlikec1175 witlessc1175 canga1225 adoted?c1225 cangun?c1225 egedec1225 cangeda1250 foola1250 snepea1250 aerwittec1275 sotlyc1275 unslyc1275 unwitterc1275 unwilya1300 nicec1300 goosishc1374 unskilfulc1374 follyc1380 lewdc1380 mis-feelinga1382 dottlec1390 foltedc1390 peevishc1400 fona1425 fonnishc1425 foliousa1450 foolisha1450 daft?c1450 doitedc1450 dotyc1450 daffish1470 insapientc1470 gucked?a1500 wanwittya1500 furious1526 insipient1528 seelya1529 dawish?1529 foolage1545 momish1546 base-wittedc1547 stultitiousa1549 follifulc1550 senseless1565 mopish1568 fondish1579 unsensiblea1586 fondly1587 dizzardly1594 follial1596 featlessc1598 fopperly1599 gowkeda1605 inept1604 simple1604 anserine1607 foppish1608 silly ass1608 unsage1608 wisdomless1608 fool-beggeda1616 Gotham1621 noddy1645 badot1653 dosser-headed1655 infrunite1657 nonsensicalc1661 slight1663 sappy1670 datelessa1686 noddy-peaked1694 nizy1709 dottled1772 gypit1804 shay-brained1806 folly-stricken1807 fool-like1811 goosy1811 spoony1813 niddle-noddle1821 gumptionless1823 daftish1825 anserous1826 as crazy as a loon1830 spoonish1833 cheese-headed1836 dotty1860 fool-fool1868 noodly1870 dilly1873 gormless1883 daffy1884 monkey-doodle1886 mosy1887 jay1891 pithecanthropic1897 peanut-headed1906 dinlo1907 boob1911 goofy1921 ding-a-ling1935 jerky1944 jerk1947 jerkish1948 pointy-headed1950 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 nerkish1975 numpty1992 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] craftlessOE unslyc1275 unexperta1425 incrafty?1520 imperite?1550 unskilful1565 skilless1573 artless1586 inexpert1598 unarted1603 boisterous1609 unhandsomea1616 unwieldy1666 unartful1683 undexterous1688 unaccomplished1709 not so (also not too) hot1845 rotten1867 one-fingered1868 button pushing1896 c1275 Sinners Beware 302 in Old Eng. Misc. 82 He gredeþ þanne heye, Þe wrecches and þe vnsleye, Þat luuede þe vnredes. c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 1938 Þarfor me thynk he es unsleghe Þat mas hym noght here redy to deghe. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxiii. 28 She waiteth in the weie, as a thef; and whom vnsleiȝ [a1425 L.V. vnwar] she seeth, she shal slen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 21631 Mani o trouth es sua vn-slei, þai tru noght bot þat þai se wit ei. c1425 Cast. Persev. 2781 In all hys werkis he is vnslye; mekyl of hys lyf he hath myspent. c1450 Mirk's Festial 6 Vnsley old man, goo heþen! for I se apon þe mony meruayles. 2. a. Unskilfully made or done; awkward. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > unskilfully made or done unslya1300 misframeda1450 mismadec1480 ill-fashioned1600 bungled1619 ill-turneda1637 blunderly1746 stickit1784 wall-eyed1847 craftless1905 jack-legged1907 jackleg1936 a1300 Cursor Mundi 1684 Þou lok þi werk be noght vnslei. 13.. Northern Passion (Cambr. Gg. 1. 1) 1356 Als þei droth [= drew] þe tre on heie, Þe werk waxed so vnsleie. a1585 Ld. Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 159 To answere thee In sermon short I am content; And sayes thy similitudes vnslie Are na wayes verie pertinent. b. As adv. Unskilfully, awkwardly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > clumsily or awkwardly unhagherlyc1175 unslyly?a1400 roughc1400 unslya1425 rudelyc1425 unhandsomely1545 grosslyc1550 untowardly?1550 botcherly?1566 bungerly1574 lubberlike1575 lumpishly1583 clouterly1593 lubberly1594 foggily1599 awkly1603 unwieldilyc1610 cumbersomely1611 uneasily1611 sinisterly1628 left-handedly1648 ungainlya1661 awkwardly1663 clumsily1691 uncleverly1697 wrong1727 unwieldly1793 gawkily1811 maladroitly1827 undexterously1848 flat-footedly1886 ham-fistedly1964 ham-handedly1964 a1425 (?c1300) Northern Passion (Cambr. Gg.5.31) 144/217 Þe tre..was wroght so vnsclegh Þat it was schortir þan þe make Be four fute. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.adv.c1275
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