unfittinglyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈfɪtɪŋli/, U.S. /ˌənˈfɪdɪŋli/ (un- prefix1 5.)
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adverb]
wrongc1175
unkindlyc1300
wrongly1303
unworthily1377
uncovenablya1382
improperly1390
inconveniently1509
ineptly1523
impertinently1546
unaptly1548
unfeatly1548
unhandsomely1548
unfitly1561
disagreeably1566
unmeet1577
unsuitably1624
malapropos1630
unfittingly1637
unfit1653
unworthy1661
inaptly1809
misappropriatelyc1831
infelicitouslya1834
ineligibly1846
inappropriately1847
inapplicably1864
unapropos1956
1637 W. Laud Speech in Starr-chamber 24 That clause being unfittingly expressed, we thought fit to passe it over.
1656 W. Montagu tr. J. Du Bosc Accomplish'd Woman 101 It were to be ill advised..to be so unfittingly pitifull to insolence or detraction.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 30 Men who have matched unfittingly become careless in the choice of those whom they love.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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