desertlessly

English

Etymology

From desertless +‎ -ly.

Adverb

desertlessly (comparative more desertlessly, superlative most desertlessly)

1. (rare) Undeservedly.
   • 1612 January 5 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Francis Beaumont, Iohn Fletcher, A King and No King. […], London: […] [John Beale] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1619, →OCLC, Act III, page 44:

     But now people will call you valiant, desertlessely I thinke, yet for their satisfaction, I will haue you fight with me.

   • 1884, W[illiam] H[enry] Luckenbach, The Folly of Profanity, Philadelphia: Lutheran Publication Society, page 105:

     Whether or not your friend or acquaintance has fairly earned it, is a query which need not long perplex you. If you have been feeling uncertain that he wears it deservedly or desertlessly, all that you need do, to be relieved of your doubt, is to talk familiarly with him as you meet him now and then.

   • 1981, Jonas A. Barish, The Antitheatrical Prejudice, →ISBN, page 149:

     The follies of change appear strikingly exemplified in a character named Phantaste, one of the frivolous nymphs who have desertlessly wormed their way into the purlieus of the court.