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unconˈstrainedly, adv. [f. prec.] In an unconstrained manner; without constraint.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 16 b, Vnconstrainedly publishing..that the principall auncester of the familie..was an abhominable doer. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. iv. vii. §6 To thinke..that..wee did vnconstrainedly those things, for which conscience was pretended. 1686Plot Staffordsh. 14 Some of the Witches..unconstrainedly confest, that the Devil appeared to them like a short black Man. 1854Faber Hymn, ‘The Eternal Years’ xiv, Keep unconstrain'dly in this thought, Thy loves..and tears. 1875Gladstone Glean. (1879) VI. 107 So long..as it naturally and unconstrainedly bears some sense not entailing such a consequence. |