incorruptly
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]incorruptly (comparative more incorruptly, superlative most incorruptly)
- (archaic) Not corruptly; without corruption.
- Synonym: uncorruptly
- 1642, John Milton, The Reason of Church-Government Urg’d against Prelaty; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, […], volume I, Amsterdam [actually London: s.n.], 1698, →OCLC, page 203:
- To come within the narrowneſs of Houſhold-Government, obſervation will ſhew us many deep Counſellors of State and Judges do demean themſelves incorruptly in the ſettl'd courſe of Affairs, and many worthy Preachers upright in their Lives […] .
References
[edit]- “incorruptly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.