unhumorouslyadv.
(un- prefix1 5.)
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > seriousness or solemnity > [adverb]
highlyOE
deeplyc1300
solemnlya1325
sadlya1375
soberly1382
demurelyc1400
sadc1400
seriouslyc1425
solemnya1470
murely1474
solemnedlyc1480
solenny1480
in (good, sober, serious) sadness1545
gravely1553
staidly1571
solemniouslya1578
solidly1632
in sad earnest1637
ponderously1637
in jest-earnest1642
in all seriousness1679
joking apart1745
unhumorously1768
solidly1799
in sober earnest1836
mirthlessly1853
votively1857
smilelessly1869
unmirthfully1872
unsmilingly1879
inhumorously1898
soberingly1923
straightfacedly1977
1768 Woman of Honor III. 229 Mrs. Arnold used, not quite unhumorously, to say [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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adv.1768- protection racket
- protection rent
- protection wall
- protection work
- protection-burdened
- protectional
- protectionary
- protectionate
- protectionburdened
- protectionism
- protectionisms
- protectionist
- protectionists
- protectionize
- protections
- protective
- protective arrest
- protective colloid
- protective coloration
- protective colouring
- protective custody
- protective detention
- protective-prohibitive
- protectively
- protectiveness