† unfreelyadj.
Obsolete.
Not beautiful.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective]
unfairc888
unhonestc1384
unlovesomec1390
uncomelya1400
unfreelya1400
unlovelyc1400
unbeautiful1495
beautiless1531
unpretty1562
unhandsomea1586
loveless1601
featureless1609
invenust1623
unhighted?1630
unbeauteousa1660
plain1675
wanliesum1818
unbonny1830
ordinary1847
plainish1856
unsonsy1894
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8082 Þair muthes wide, þair eien brade, Vn-freli was þair face made!
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 851 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 121 His foule forme vnfrely but faile.
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 56 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 96 Quhy Is..My forme and my fetherem vnfrely but feire.
a1568 Stewart in Bannatyne MS. (Hunterian Club) 397/35 Fast vnfrely fowll flobbis, And bubillis full lyk.
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