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▪ I. † unˈrightly, a. Obs.—1 [un-1 7. Cf. next and OE. unrihtlic.] Wrong, erroneous.
1422Yong tr. Secreta Secret. 161 Verite caste doune, whan any vnryghtly thynge is preferrid to trouthe. ▪ II. unˈrightly, adv. Now rare. [OE. unrihtlíce (un-1 11 + rightly adv.), = MDu. onrechtelike (obs. Du. -lijk), MLG. unrechteliken, OHG. unrehtlîhho (MHG. unrehtlîche, etc.), ON. úréttliga (MDa. and Da. urettelig, MSw. orätlika).] Not rightfully; unfairly, wrongly.
a900O.E. Martyrol. 18 May 84 Fram þæm mannum..þa he ær unrihtlice ofsloh on þyssum life. c1000Rule St. Benet (1888) 104 Unrihtlice he ne ᵹedihte [nan þing]. c1425Eng. Conq. Ireland 128 To setten yn har londes, Thay that wyth streynth & vnryghtly weren out i-dryue. 1544Bale Chron. Sir J. Oldcastell 55 b, Not all vnryghtlye ded saynct Augustyn speake yt. 1583tr. Maison Neuve's Gerileon i. 29 b, Thereby to burden you with the fault, wherein not vnrightly you are culpable. 1643Prynne Sov. Power Parl. iii. 108 If any inferiour Officers..unrightly governe the people, they may lawfully be resisted by them. 1878Prodigal Son iv. in Simpson Sch. Shaks. 110 We are such honest folk that we covet nothing unrightly. |