unconscionably

English

Etymology

unconscionable +‎ -ly

Adverb

unconscionably (comparative more unconscionably, superlative most unconscionably)

1. In an unconscionable manner.
   • 2017 March 27, “The Observer view on triggering article 50”, in The Observer‎^[1]:

     Unconscionably, they and their outliers in the hard Brexit media have attempted to stifle debate and question those who demand proper scrutiny of the most significant political and economic challenge to Britain in decades.

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     “ […] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.

Translations

in an unconscionable manner

• French: déraisonnablement (fr)
• German: unverschämt (de)