† unburlyadj.adv.
Obsolete.
Uncomely; not elegant(ly).
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [adjective]
unsewly?c1225
unseemlyc1340
unburlya1400
ungoodly1495
unhandsome1530
unsquared1549
inelegant1570
unelegant1570
indecent1590
undressed1598
unfinified1609
undecent1622
the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > inelegance > [adverb]
unburlya1400
ungoodlya1400
unhandsomely1565
undecently1587
unhandsome1596
unhandsomely1650
inelegantly1698
a1400 Sir Perc. 525 Thofe he unborely were dyghte.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 524 Thocht thair brandis be blak and vnburely.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 810 His blonk was vnburely, braid and ouir hie.
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