单词 | unduly |
释义 | undulyadv. 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. 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). < adv.1399 |
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