unvelvetlyadv.
(un- prefix1 5.)
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unvelvetly1663
1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus 424 The hard hand of power unvelvetly lined.
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adv.1663- to be art or part of
- to be as much as one's life is worth
- to be as red as a cock
- to be as red as a turkey cock
- to be as red as a turkey- cock
- to be as red in the gills as a cock
- to be as red in the gills as a turkey cock
- to be as red in the gills as a turkey- cock
- to be asked in church
- to be at a grapple
- to be at a great under
- to be at a mischief
- to be at a muse
- to be at a nonplus
- to be at a point
- to be at a stand
- to be at a standstill
- to be at a word
- to be at a, in fee of, to, with
- to be at advantage
- to be at advantage of
- to be at agreement
- to be at agreement with someone
- to be at an advantage
- to be at an ebb