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单词 unduly
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undulyadv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈdjuːli/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈdʒuːli/, U.S. /ˌənˈd(j)uli/
Etymology: un- prefix1 5: compare undue adj.
1.
a. Without due cause or justification; without proper regard to right and wrong; unrightfully, improperly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [adverb]
unevenc1000
unrightOE
unrightlyOE
wronga1250
falsely1303
wrongouslyc1325
unskilfully1338
unskilwiselya1340
wrongly1340
unrightfullyc1350
wrongfullyc1374
unevenly1382
unjustlyc1384
unduly1399
slanderously1429
injustly1502
undeservedly1549
slanderfully1550
unequallya1599
unequitably1649
unfairly1713
iniquitably1742
inequitably1857
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adverb]
wrongc1175
unworthlyc1200
unkindly?c1225
ungraithlya1300
wrongly1303
unconablya1340
unworthily1377
ungoodlyc1380
uncovenablya1382
improperly1390
falsely1393
unduly1399
unseemlya1400
unsittinglyc1412
unorderly1471
induly1483
unseemlily1483
ungainlya1500
uncomely?1518
unmeetly1533
unconveniently1538
wrongfully?1549
uncomelily1561
undecently1563
indecently1589
unproperly1604
unbeseemingly1617
viciously1617
unseemingly1619
misbecominglya1625
unbeseeming1645
unbecomingly1653
invalidly1705
naughty1892
1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles ii. 124 Þus ȝe derid hem vnduly with droppis of anger.
c1426 J. Audelay Poems (1931) 32 Aȝayns þe order of hole cherch and Goddys ordenawns Þis dole is vndeule dalt, hit makeþ dystans.
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 44v Nether is nothing so [un]couenable to aking as to coueyte vnduely the goodes of his peple.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Indebitamente, vndulie, vnlawfullie.
1657 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 214 The same Ley shalbe denyed and not paid, being unduly taxed.
1687 Reason. Toleration 33 Unless it can be prov'd that it is for the Common Good,..the Penal Laws are unduly made.
1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials III. xix. 161 Remitting and relaxing to all persons..all the fruits and profits from the same taken, however unduly.
1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. xii. 394 She could only feel reproach from a conquest, unduly, unfairly, and uningenuously obtained.
1844 E. B. Browning Lost Bower ix While beyond,..Malvern hills, for mountains counted Not unduly, loom a-row.
b. Irregularly.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [adverb] > irregularly or unfairly
unduly1660
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium II. iii. iv. Rule 16 §4 Alexander the third..was a schismatical Pope,..and unduly elected.
2. Without due care or industry; badly; not in the right way. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > without diligence
slowlyeOE
slacklyc960
unduly1423
remissly1533
slenderly?1542
dissolutely1553
indiligentlya1631
slack1641
undiligently1645
unindustriously1659
1423 Rolls of Parl. IV. 255/2 All the werk of Brauderie so undwely made as above.
1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 108/1 Divers Sherryffs..unduely and yvell and untruely served the Kyng and his poeple.
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 35v Many erre by cause they seke her [sc. Sapience] vnduely and blame her without cause.
3. More than is due or proper; excessively.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb] > excessively or immoderately
too971
unimeteOE
unmethelyOE
overmetec1225
un-i-methc1225
unmeetly?c1225
unmethc1225
overgarta1333
outrageouslya1387
outrageousc1390
unreasonablyc1400
outragelya1425
unmoderately?a1425
inordinatelyc1450
unrulilyc1456
dismeasurably1474
immoderately1482
overharda1500
unreasonable1535
furiously1555
intemperately1576
overliberally1578
unconscionably1583
unconscionable1596
exorbitantlya1635
undulya1779
owdaciously1848
a1779 W. Warburton Serm. in Wks. (1788) V. 431 The mechanism of the body,..when unduly agitated either by sensation or reflection.
1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iv. §19. 276 Unquestionably External evidences..have been unduly magnified.
1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1875) III. xiii. 281 On such mere backslidings William had never been unduly harsh.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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