unhonestlyadv.
? Obsolete.
1. In an unbecoming manner; indecorously.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > unseemliness or unbecomingness > [adverb]
unhonestlyc1380
uncomelya1400
unseemlya1400
uncomelilyc1420
unseemlily1483
indecently1589
undecently1589
grossly1600
unseemingly1619
unbeseeming1645
widely1665
indelicately1800
indecorously1818
unbefittingly1871
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adverb] > with impropriety
unkindlyc1300
ungoodlyc1380
unhonestlyc1380
indecently1589
undecently1589
grossly1600
unproperly1604
widely1665
like a whore at a christening1706
indelicately1800
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adverb] > in unseemly manner
unworthlyc1200
unconablya1340
unworthily1377
unhonestlyc1380
uncovenablya1382
uncomelya1400
unseemlya1400
unsittinglyc1412
uncomelilyc1420
foula1450
unmeetly1533
unconveniently1538
undecently1563
unbeseemingly1617
unbeseeming1645
unbecomingly1653
indecorously1818
unbefittingly1871
c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 193 Trowe we not þat Crist dide here dispitously or unhonestly, spittynge in þis mannis face?
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxvi. 123 When þai hafe eten, þai wype þaire hend on þaire clathez vnhonestly.
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. Cviijv Item that the chircheyard is vnhon [e] stly kepte.
2. With dishonour; disgracefully; discreditably, dishonourably; dishonestly.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > [adverb]
unhonestlyc1384
out of lose1513
unhonourably1553
discreditably1725
disreputably1775
compromisingly1888
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. ix. 1 In the same tyme Antiochus turnyde aȝein vnonestly [L. inhoneste] fro Perse.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 325 As into this point, that he therbi be iust or uniust,..doing honestli or doing vnhonestli.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ecclus. x. 34 Who so ordreth himself vnhonestly in riches, how moch more shal he behaue himself vnhonestly in pouerte?
1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Adelphi ii. i, in Terence in Eng. 277 I my selfe am very vnhonestly dealt withall.
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. ii. sig. H3 As I would neuer doe any thing vnhonestly: so I would neuer feare the immateriall wind of censure, when it is done.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Oneerbaerlick, vnhonestly, Dishonestly, or Impudently.
1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials II. 388 Most unhonestly slandering old Writings.
3. Indecently, immorally.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adverb]
unhonestly1382
indecently1589
greasily1598
juicily1969
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Sam. xiii. 2 The which for she was a mayde, hard to hym it semede, that eny thing vnhonestly [L. inhoneste] he shulde do with hir.
c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iii. x. 56 These it ben that so horrybly stynken,..for they haue liued ful vnhonestly in fowle lustes.
1486 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 12 Yf the same preest so chosen vnhonestly behave hym.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xii. A She that behaueth herself vnhonestly, is a corrupcion in his bones.
1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xxvii. 343 His proctors wife, with whome..hee acquainted himselfe ouer familiarly and vnhonestly.
1609 Bible (Douay) I. 2 Sam. xiii. 2.
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