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unˈdreadful, a. rare.
[un-1 7.]
†1. Having no dread; unapprehensive (of). Obs.
c1400Comm. Luke i. 13 (MS. Bodl. 143), Þe deuels cruelte is best ouercomon bi vndredeful feiþ. 1648Herrick Hesper., Christian Militant, A man prepar'd against all ills to come,..Undreadfull too of courtly thunderclaps.
2. Not causing dread.
1611Florio, Informidabile, vndreadfull, not terrible.
So unˈdreadfully adv., † without dread or fear.
c1430Life St. Katherine (Roxb. Club) 34 She made vppon hir self þe token of þe crosse and vndredfully went vnto þe paleys. a1440Found. St. Bartholomew's (E.E.T.S.) 55 For cause, yn rycchynge of thy-self othir men thou spoylid vndredfully, now thou begynnyst to nede. |