unfairlyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈfɛːli/, U.S. /ˌənˈfɛrli/ 1. In an unfair manner; inequitably, unjustly.
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] > unfairly
unevenc1000
unevenly1382
unequallya1599
unequitably1649
unfairly1713
iniquitably1742
unsportsmanlike1754
unsportsmanly1776
below the belt1844
inequitably1857
1713 Butler Let. to S. Clarke (1716) i. 8 If I have..in any respect argu'd unfairly, I assure you it was without design.
a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1771) VII. xiii. 283 To use even those unfairly, who have used us so, is very bad: but to use any one unfairly, because Another hath used Us so, is..monstrously wicked.
1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. xii. 394 She could only feel reproach from a conquest, unduly, unfairly, and uningenuously obtained.
1848 C. Kingsley Yeast ii Argemone..fancying herself, and not unfairly, very intellectual.
1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography 84 It might, therefore, not unfairly be assumed that the carbonic acid..would tend to settle down in a stratum near the ground.
2. By unfair or foul means.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [adverb] > by means of
unfairly1791
society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [adverb] > unfairly > by unfair means
unfairly1791
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. v. 174 There were strong reasons to believe he came unfairly to his end.
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