undevoutlyadv.
(un- prefix1 5.)
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society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > impiety > [adverb]
hinderfullichec1200
undevoutly1377
unpiteouslya1382
ungodly1526
ungodlily1583
impiously1595
indevoutly1694
undivinely1884
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. Prol. 98 Here messe and here matynes and many of here oures Arn don vndeuoutlych [C. i. 126 vndeuotlich].
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 167 Be þe masse seide..schortly & vndewoutly, litel sauour of holynesse schal men fynden wiþ hem.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 281 Whanne þou slawly, & vndeuoutly, & heuyly,..doost ony good dede.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cciii In prayeng thou bokest vnmanerly Spuynge vp thy prayers: god wot vndeuoutly.
1647 Hexham i Vndevoutely, ongodtsdienstelick.
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