单词 | unpitifully |
释义 | unpitifullyadv. Now rare. Pitilessly, mercilessly; harshly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adverb] unpiteouslyc1390 unruefullya1400 unruthfullya1400 vengeably1412 ruthlessly1581 unpitifully1587 inhumanely1598 pitilessly1611 uncompassionately1612 incompassionately1639 unpityingly1741 impitiably1835 tearlessly1853 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1046/2 Seeing ye so vnpitifullie vexe men,..contrarie to the rule of nature. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. ii. 189 He beate him most vnpittifully, me thought. View more context for this quotation 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. (ed. 2) II. 5 The Dull and Heavy..they unpitifully despise. 1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. ii. 239 Never were Barbarian Pyrats..so unpitifully insulted. 1810 Lady's Monthly Museum May 242 Thou wilt never permit her good and noble-hearted children to be unpitifully sacrificed. 1885 Illustr. London News 16 May 500/2 The poor wretch Oxley..was captured on a housetop after what is unpitifully called ‘an exciting chase’. 1908 Harper's Mag. Nov. 663/2 Oh, now let Satan laugh, yet not unpitifully, since he is so wise that he and I, alone, know all the reasons why I may not swear! 1972 B. Jackson In Life ii. 67 Billy had been whipped unpitifully. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.1587 |
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