† unhonourablyadv.
Obsolete.
Dishonourably, discreditably.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > [adverb]
unhonestlyc1384
out of lose1513
unhonourably1553
discreditably1725
disreputably1775
compromisingly1888
1553 R. Ascham Rep. Affaires Germany in Wks. (1904) 159 Libertie in speakyng should be so mingled with..discretion, as no great person should be vnhonorably spoken vpon.
1560 Bp. J. Pilkington Aggeus the Prophete (1562) 133 Mahomet..made him glad with money to bye peace unhonorably.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xi. sig. j Dishonored be he, who meanes vnhonorably.
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