单词 | unworthily |
释义 | unworthilyadv. 1. Without being worthy, fit, or qualified; without having sufficient merit or ability; unmeritedly. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adverb] > undeservedly or undeservingly > with insufficient merit unworthilyc1290 c1290 Beket 654 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 125 Luytel wuyrth ich am of holi churche wardein for-to beo, And al-so vnwurthþe~liche þar-to i-nome. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 3037 Vnwrþyly art þou made gentyl Ȝyf þou yn wurdys and dedys be yl. a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxx. 1 As þai sall be [shamed] þat here vnworthily resayfes fals honurs. c1410 Lanterne of Liȝt 60 Whanne þei resceyue þe sacramentis, þei gon to hem vnworþili. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. xi. 27 Whosoevere shall..drynke off the cuppe vnworthely. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. xiii. sig. I4 My name is Basilius, vnworthily Lord of this country. a1674 J. Milton Char. Long Parl. (1681) 3 So he..enjoyed unworthily the Rewards of Learning and Fidelity. 1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers I. 269 Acknowledging that whatsoever they had, was bestowed unworthily upon each one of them by God. 2. a. In a manner falling short of one's worth, excellence, or merit; without contributory fault or demerit; undeservedly.Not always clearly distinguishable from sense 3. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adverb] > undeservedly or undeservingly wrightlesslikea1325 unworthilya1340 undeservingly1552 undeserved?c1570 indignly1593 undeservedly1603 desertlessly1619 unmeritingly1621 unmeritedly1635 deservelessly1654 immeritoriously1675 unmeritoriously1799 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxxiii. 23 Rise god,..damyn þat þou ert vnworthily handelde of ill prestis. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xxv But he and all his were murdred for theyr hyre. And nat vnworthely. 1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 59 I bewailed my great mishap, knowing that he, whom most of al I loued, had so vnwoorthily forgotten me. 1607 E. Grimeston tr. S. Goulart Admirable & Memorable Hist. 327 Marryed to an honest Gentlewoman, whom he entreated most unworthily. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 83 [Nicanor] beginnes with Antiochus, sonne of Alexander, whom vnworthily he slue. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 497. ⁋4 Can any thing shew your Holiness how unworthily you treat Mankind? 1784 T. Twining in Recreat. & Stud. (1882) 129 The Dean and Chapter..lay all the blame on him for suffering Johnson to be so unworthily interred. 1829 W. F. Napier Hist. War Peninsula II. 263 This arrangement was adopted after a struggle in the cabinet..; nevertheless, sir John Cradock was used unworthily. b. Without sufficient appreciation; in an undervaluing or disparaging manner; derogatorily. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > [adverb] sinisterlya1492 vilipendiously1536 unworthily1589 detractingly1598 derogatorily1603 diminutively1613 derogatelya1616 diminishingly1672 disparagingly1707 depreciatingly1837 1589 Trve Coppie Disc. Voy. Spaine 4 Either thinking too worthely of the Spaniards valour,..or too vnworthely of them that vndertooke this iourney against him. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxxi. 190 That those Philosophers, who sayd the World, or the Soule of the World was God, spake unworthily of him. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. vii. Observ. 150 If then we look upon the Odyssey as all fiction, we consider it unworthily. a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1771) V. 416 Imagining that God can enjoin religious Cruelties,..is thinking..unworthily and absurdly of him. 3. In an unworthy, unbecoming, or improper manner; unbecomingly, unfitly, improperly. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [adverb] evilOE wrongc1175 unworthlyc1200 unkindly?c1225 ungraithlya1300 unkindlyc1300 wrongly1303 unconablya1340 unworthily1377 ungoodlyc1380 falsely1393 uncomelya1400 unsittinglyc1412 uncomelilyc1420 unorderly1471 ungainlya1500 ill?1529 unmeetly1533 unconveniently1538 undecently1563 unproperly1604 unbeseemingly1617 viciously1617 unbecomingly1653 abusefully1656 unbefittingly1871 society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adverb] wrongc1175 unworthlyc1200 unkindly?c1225 ungraithlya1300 wrongly1303 unconablya1340 unworthily1377 ungoodlyc1380 uncovenablya1382 improperly1390 falsely1393 unduly1399 unseemlya1400 unsittinglyc1412 unorderly1471 induly1483 unseemlily1483 ungainlya1500 uncomely?1518 unmeetly1533 unconveniently1538 wrongfully?1549 uncomelily1561 undecently1563 indecently1589 unproperly1604 unbeseemingly1617 viciously1617 unseemingly1619 misbecominglya1625 unbeseeming1645 unbecomingly1653 invalidly1705 naughty1892 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adverb] > in unseemly manner unworthlyc1200 unconablya1340 unworthily1377 unhonestlyc1380 uncovenablya1382 uncomelya1400 unseemlya1400 unsittinglyc1412 uncomelilyc1420 foula1450 unmeetly1533 unconveniently1538 undecently1563 unbeseemingly1617 unbeseeming1645 unbecomingly1653 indecorously1818 unbefittingly1871 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adverb] wrongc1175 unkindlyc1300 wrongly1303 unworthily1377 uncovenablya1382 improperly1390 inconveniently1509 ineptly1523 impertinently1546 unaptly1548 unfeatly1548 unhandsomely1548 unfitly1561 disagreeably1566 unmeet1577 unsuitably1624 malapropos1630 unfittingly1637 unfit1653 unworthy1661 inaptly1809 misappropriatelyc1831 infelicitouslya1834 ineligibly1846 inappropriately1847 inapplicably1864 unapropos1956 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 238 And þat conscience and cryst hath yknitte faste, Þei vndon it vnworthily, þo doctours of lawe. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 169 Whan thou to such on as schal deie The worschipe of thi god aweie Hast yoven so unworthely. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 416 Summe..vniustli and vnworthili blamen and vndirnymen the clergie. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Gouernaunce of Princis (1993) i. 62 A prince..for..lusty delytis—destroyand his awin gudis vnworthily. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Macc. v. 16 Them toke he in his hondes vnworthely, & defyled them. 1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim xxx Thou blushest not..to think and do most unworthily, being altogether insensible of thy own Nature. a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) 46 In being discontented we behave our selves very unbeseemingly and unworthily. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 103 One loves the soldier, one The silken priest of peace, one this, one that, And some unworthily. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. viii. 136 The name of Georgium Sidus, with which..it was unworthily sought to flatter a monarch. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [adverb] highOE unworthilyc1384 highlya1425 unkindly1550 offensively1589 stomachously1593 stomachfully1611 resentingly1698 resentfully1744 huffishly1755 indignantlya1783 offendedly1804 huffily1860 snarlingly1862 huffingly1864 grudgefully1882 injuredly1886 miffily1958 miffishly1968 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark xiv. 4 Ther weren summe beringe vnworthily, or heuyli, with ynne hem silf. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. vii. 39 The kyng kyndlid with wrath,..berynge vnworthily hym self scornyd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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