unhonestly

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English unhonestly (disgracefully); equivalent to un- +‎ honestly.

Adverb

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unhonestly (comparative more unhonestly, superlative most unhonestly)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of dishonestly
    • 1610, The Second Tome of the Holie Bible, [] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Lavrence Kellam, [], →OCLC, 2 Kinges 13:2, page 658:
      [] and was fond on her excedingly, ſo that for the loue of her he was ſicke: becauſe wheras ſhe was a virgin, it ſemed vnto him had hard to doe any thing vnhoneſtly with her.
    • 1675 [1647], Henry Hexham, edited by Daniel Manly, A Copious English and Netherdutch Dictionary [] [1], Rotterdam, page 435:
      Vnhoneſtly, oneerbaerlijck, oftefameusſelijck.
    • 1898, William Morris, “LIII: They Come to Wethermel, and the Carline Begins a Tale”, in The Sundering Flood[2], Longmans, Green, and Company, →ISBN, page 294:
      Now the Carline remembered the coming of the said merchant, and how he had cast his love on the Maiden unhonestly and lustfully.

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From unhoneste (dishonourable) +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix) or un- +‎ honestly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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unhonestly

  1. disgracefully, dishonourably
  2. immorally, unethically
  3. inappropriately, unsuitably

Descendants

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  • English: unhonestly

References

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