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单词 ungainfully
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ungainfullyadv.1

Etymology: Compare ungainful adj.1
Obsolete.
With discomfort; severely.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adverb] > awkwardly
ungainfullyc1320
awkwardly1674
embarrassedly1799
difficultly1815
embarrassingly1817
c1320 Antichrist 564 (MS. Cott. Vesp. A iii) Ungainfulli þan sal þai quak, Þat alle þe erth it sal do scak.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

ungainfullyadv.2

Etymology: < ungainful adj.2Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈgainfully.
Unprofitably.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adverb] > uselessly or unprofitably
wastelya1382
unnaita1400
unnaitlikea1400
ungainfully1593
ungainsomely1662
profitlessly1832
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 28v Wherefore you Pilgrims,..vngainefully you consume good houres.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Incommodement,..vngainefully, vnprofitably.
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