† unsparelyadv.
Obsolete.
Unsparingly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adverb]
roomlyOE
freelyOE
unsparelya1225
largelyc1225
largec1350
liberallyc1410
unsparinglya1500
beneficially1530
bounteously1531
plenteously1535
frankly1551
well1565
well-favouredly1570
bountifully1580
prodigally1590
amply1594
munificently1594
royally1601
prodigal1603
generously1623
ungrudginglya1631
lavishly1769
unstintingly1857
spaciously1864
open-handedly1924
the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adverb] > mercilessly
unsparelya1225
without sparea1300
without(en) grith13..
mercilessc1425
unmercifully1536
mercilesslya1576
unsparinglya1631
inclemently1789
a1225 Juliana 59 Heo as þe deouel spurede ham to donne, dude hit unsparliche.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 235 Thane spyces vn-sparyly þay spendyde there-aftyre.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 3160 Thus they..Spendis vnsparely, þat sparede was lange.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 979 Chefly þay asken Spyceȝ, þat vn-sparely men speded hom to bryng.
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