ungovernablyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɡʌv(ə)nəbli/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈɡʌvn̩əbli/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈɡʌv(ə)nəbli/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈɡʌvn̩əbli/, U.S. /ˌənˈɡəvərnəbli/ (un- prefix1 5; cf. ungovernable adj.)
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the mind > emotion > passion > [adverb] > uncontrollably (of passions)
ungovernably1682
irrepressibly1856
1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 134 Demeaning themselves ungovernably in all fortunes.
1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 17 Heavens! how unlike their Belgic sires of old! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold.
1810 G. Crabbe Borough iii. 32 Accuse me not that I..think the Passions,..Strong as they are, ungovernably strong.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 357 He had..been turned out of office in a way which had made him ungovernably ferocious.
1882 M. Dodds Genesis 195 A nature..whose passions raged ungovernably.
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