unheavenlyadj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > that falls short
short1390
half-strained1683
unheavenly1752
unsplendid1809
unparadised1829
off-colour1876
sketchy1878
shortcoming1889
not-quite1920
1752 W. Law Spirit of Love (1766) i. 21 To remove every Thing that is unheavenly, gross, dark, from every Part of this fallen World.
1823 T. Moore Loves of Angels Introd. 61 Still fair and glorious, he but shone Among those youths th' un~heavenliest one.
1893 J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ II. 230 He feels that he is very unheavenly, very unworthy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adj.1752- to whoop it up
- to whoop out
- to whoop things up
- to whoop up
- to whore it up
- to whore one's way
- to whore out
- to wick a bore
- to widen one's horizon
- to widen one's horizons
- to wield
- to wield a sceptre
- to wield life
- to wield one's sceptre
- to wield the life
- to wield the sceptre
- to wife
- to will
- to will away
- to will to wife
- to will well that
- to win a hail or so many hails
- to win a maidenhead
- to win a tight head
- to win a victory