unheroicallyadv.
/ˌʌnhᵻˈrəʊᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌənhəˈroʊək(ə)li/ (un- prefix1 5.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [adverb]
undignelyc1315
poorlyc1390
vilea1400
ignobly1594
unnobly1595
meanly1602
meana1626
unhandsomely1650
projectedly1660
unheroically1783
undignifiedly1856
raffishly1897
1783 W. Beckford Dreams vii. 40 We procured comfortable, though not magnificent apartments, and slept most unheroically sound.
1876 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims i. 63 The brains are so marred, so imperfectly formed, unheroically.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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adv.1783- slant distance
- slant fire
- slant height
- slant side
- slant tack
- slant vein
- slant-culture
- slant-drill
- slovenly dressed
- slovenly looking
- slovenly minded
- slovenly written
- slovenly-built
- slovenlybuilt
- slovenness
- slovenry
- slovens
- slovenwagon
- slovincian
- slow
- slow a person'one's roll
- slow a person's roll
- slow about something
- slow and steady wins the race
- slow and sure wins the race