unillustriously

English

Etymology

unillustrious +‎ -ly

Adverb

unillustriously (comparative more unillustriously, superlative most unillustriously)

1. In a way that is not illustrious.
   • 1961, A. C. Ward, Illustrated History of English Literature, page 22:

     Knighted unillustriously among a horde of some three hundred others in the accession honours of 1603, he was subsequently well compensated by being made Baron Verulam […]