unmeasurablyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈmɛʒ(ə)rəbli/, U.S. /ˌənˈmɛʒ(ə)rəbli/, /ˌənˈmɛʒərbli/ 1. To an immeasurable extent or degree; immensely, extremely; limitlessly.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > immeasurably or inestimably
unimetelya1240
unmeasurablyc1390
unmeasurablec1443
inestimablec1460
inestimablya1530
uncountably1599
invaluably1601
unmeasuredly1602
immeasurably1631
incommensurably1652
incalculably1806
measurelessly1839
c1390 W. Hilton Expos. Qui habitat & Bonum Est (1954) 35 (MED) Þen schal hit smerten vn-mesurabliche þat nou is likyngliche feled.
c1400 Prickynge of Love (Harl.) (1983) 33 (MED) We shul be glad ouer þis for þe vn-mesurabel pite of oure lord ihesu crist. shewed vnmesurabelly vn-to vs.
1513 Life Henry V (1911) 132 Famyne..vnmeasurably raigned amongest them.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) lxxv. sig. Tiv Hys spere..was so long & byg so vnmesurably, yt [etc.].
1624 Bp. J. Hall True Peace-maker 8 Grace sensibly imperfect, sinne vnmeasurably sinfull.
a1670 G. Rust Disc. Truth (1682) 180 A Soul unmeasurably breathing after the Embraces of Truth.
1704 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World II. xii. 510 'Tis not to be imagined..how unmeasurably the powers of that soul must needs be illuminated.
1751 Parl. Hist. Eng. I. 400 By these Means, the King's Officers became unmeasurably rich.
1828 Ld. Grenville Sinking Fund 1 Unmeasurably more beneficial to mankind, are those qualities.
1866 G. B. Airy Pop. Astron. (ed. 5) i. 37 The distance..is unmeasurably small, compared with the distances of the stars.
1920 Petroleum Age Mar. 102/1 Good paint..would..add unmeasurably to their appearance.
2009 S. Blundell Superconductivity: Very Short Introd. iii. 28 The resistance of his sample of mercury suddenly dropped to an unmeasurably low value.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [adverb]
unordinatelyc1384
untemperately1398
unmeasurablyc1400
unmannerly?a1425
unmeasurablec1443
inordinatelyc1450
riotously?c1450
immoderately1482
surfeitlyc1503
unsoberlyc1540
dissolutely1561
intemperantly1561
unbridledly1561
hard1569
intemperately1576
ahoit1598
high1602
extravagantly1660
overboard1931
c1400 tr. Aelred of Rievaulx De Institutione Inclusarum (Vernon) (1984) 49 (MED) Þu sikst so manye salte teris lassche adoun so vnmesurably ouer here rodye chekes.
a1450 (a1396) W. Hilton Eight Chapters on Perfection 28 (MED) Þis loue encreessiþ so myche bitwene hem þat ech of hem disiriþ þe presence of oþer vnmesurably.
1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Biii Ye abuse your richesse,..For ye spend vnmeasurably.
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. O3 He..stood..by the glasse,..currying & smudging and pranking himselfe vnmeasurably.
1631 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata lxxxvi. §845 To laugh aloud and vnmeasurably.
1698 Mem. E. Ludlow II. 624 The Court..grew unmeasurably insolent.
1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature (1724) v. xviii. 111 Opposite parties make a merit of blackening their adversaries..undeservedly and unmeasurably.
1763 A. Tucker Freewill 101 They sit down to a table plentifully stored with high-dressed viands, and find in themselves a strong inclination to eat unmeasurably.
1806 R. Duppa Life Michael Angelo Buonarroti 77 Nor was he only profuse of money, but of all favours that are at the disposal of a pope, which he bestowed so unmeasurably that he brought the spiritual authority into contempt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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