单词 | unjustly |
释义 | unjustlyadv. 1. In an unjust manner; to an unjust extent; contrary to the principles of justice, fairness, or morality. Cf. unjust adj. 1, unjust adj. 2. 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 > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adverb] unrightOE unrightlyOE wronga1250 mislichec1275 falsely1303 wrongouslyc1325 unskilfully1338 unskilwiselya1340 wrongly1340 unrightfullyc1350 wrongfullyc1374 unjustlyc1384 injustly1502 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) 1 Pet. ii. 19 If for conscience of God ony man suffrith sorewes,..suffringe vniustly [L. iniuste]. Remonstr. against Romish Corruptions (Titus) (1851) 103 (MED) If temporal lordis..withdrawen vniustli fro the comoun puple here bodili and worldli godis and nedeful liflode, thei sleen hem. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 119 (MED) He [sc. Pelleus] dradde þat he [sc. Jason] for his encres And for..his manhood likly was tateyne For to succede in his faders reigne, Whiche Pelleus uniustly ocupieth. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 87 (MED) Þe worschiping of cursid idols is þe bikynning, cause, and ende of all iuel; for..þei wax wode, or prophecyen fals þingis, or lyuen vniustly, or for sweren hem..And vniustly þei sware in idol, dispicing riȝtfulnes. 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys i. f. iiiv He concludyth..who yt iustly punysh a preest by the temporall law, ys vniustly trobled agayn in ye spyrytuall law. 1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. R.iiii Here lieth vnhappy Harpelus..By Phillida vniustly thus Murdred with false disdaine. 1604 S. Rowlands Looke to It 8 Suff'ring the Iust vniustly be opprest. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxii. 122 It is evident enough, that they have done unjustly. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature (1724) vi. 138 Even the desire of obtaining any thing unjustly is evil. 1783 Ld. Hailes Disquis. Antiq. Christian Church iv. 79 Rutilius..was unjustly banished. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 314 To judge unjustly, absolving the guilty, condemning the innocent. 1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn II. lxvi. 334 Unjustly suspected of a disloyal intention. 1953 Alumni-Faculty Assoc. Bull. (School of Med., Univ. Calif.) Sept. 2/3 The self-diagnosed, insufficiently-informed who..criticize unjustly what they take to be the inadequacy of Medicine. 2003 Times 11 Feb. 40/2 Many people have been unjustly imprisoned and tortured simply for expressing their opinions. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [adverb] at rebours?a1400 unjustlyc1425 wrongly1633 outa1641 inaccurately1669 unaccurately1674 uncorrectly1706 unprecisely1806 inexactly1849 à rebours1895 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 757 (MED) Sche [sc. Fortune] was cause..To turne her whele..To make Troyens vniustly for to wene Þat Grekys werne arived hem to tene. 1585 J. Banister Wecker's Compend. Chyrurg. ii. 303 Vniustly tempered are, all barbours digestiues. 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion iv. Illustr. 73 This accompt..White of Basingstoke (although ayming to be accurat) vniustly followes. 1756 Philos. Trans. 1755 (Royal Soc.) 49 222 Whose upper surface is strictly a horizontal plane, and not convex,..as is always, tho' very unjustly, painted. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.c1384 |
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