† unmeetlyadj.

Forms: Old English unmætlic, late Middle English–1500s vnmetely.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unmeet adj., -ly suffix¹, un- prefix¹, meetly adj.

Etymology: Originally (in Old English) probably < unmeet adj. + -ly suffix¹. In later use re-formed < un- prefix¹ + meetly adj. Compare Old Frisian unmētlik immense, Middle Dutch onmētelijc, onmātelijc immense, immeasurable (Dutch onmetelijk, †onmatelijk), Middle Low German unmātlik (only in unmātlikhēt immensity).Compare Old English ungemǣtlic (also ungemǣtelic ) (rare) immeasurable, immense, excessive, immoderate (with prefixed base; < unimete adj. + -ly suffix¹). Compare also Old English ungemetlic (rarely with unprefixed base unmetlic ) immeasurable, immense, excessive, immoderate ( < un- prefix¹ + i-metlich adj.); compare Middle Low German unmetlik, Old High German ummezlīh (Middle High German unmezlich, German †unmeßlich).

Obsolete. rare.

1. = unmeet adj. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge

unmeeteOE

unmeetlyOE

hugea1275

hideousc1330

infinitec1385

unmeasureda1398

unmeasurablec1405

hugyc1420

immeasurable1440

ingentc1450

unmeetlyc1450

giant1480

immense1490

monstrous?a1513

unmeasurely1513

hugeousa1529

unportable1537

enormous1544

enormc1560

giantly1561

immensible1579

rouncival1582

dismeasured1584

vast1585

immeasured1590

gargantuan1596

omnipotent1596

colossian1601

immane1601

prodigious1601

Polyphemian1602

Titanian1603

titanical1603

gigantical1604

immensive1604

gigantine1605

colossic1607

gigantean1611

Gogmagotical1612

gigantal?1614

Babylonian1617

leviathan1625

titanic1628

elephantine1631

gigantive1638

colossean1644

decumanal1652

immensurate1654

gigant1658

decuman1659

colossal1664

abnormous1710

Brobdingnagian1728

Brobdingnag1731

Pantagruelian1737

heroic1785

Patagonian1786

seven-league1787

Titan1793

gigantic1797

seven-leagued1799

mammoth1801

dimensionless1813

tremendous1813

gigantesque1821

monster1837

titanesque1838

monstre1840

giantlike1847

leviathanic1848

pythonic1851

Babylonic1853

supercolossal1871

giantesque1909

behemothian1910

supergiant1919

ginormous1942

big-ass1945

Ozymandian1961

fuck-off1962

mega1968

humongous1970

monstro1970

big-assed1972

big-arsed1996

OE tr. Alexander's Let. to Aristotle (1995) §19. 236 Swelce eac laforas [read eoforas] þær cwoman unmætlicre micelnisse, & monig oþer wildeor.

2. = unmeet adj. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge

unmeeteOE

unmeetlyOE

hugea1275

hideousc1330

infinitec1385

unmeasureda1398

unmeasurablec1405

hugyc1420

immeasurable1440

ingentc1450

unmeetlyc1450

giant1480

immense1490

monstrous?a1513

unmeasurely1513

hugeousa1529

unportable1537

enormous1544

enormc1560

giantly1561

immensible1579

rouncival1582

dismeasured1584

vast1585

immeasured1590

gargantuan1596

omnipotent1596

colossian1601

immane1601

prodigious1601

Polyphemian1602

Titanian1603

titanical1603

gigantical1604

immensive1604

gigantine1605

colossic1607

gigantean1611

Gogmagotical1612

gigantal?1614

Babylonian1617

leviathan1625

titanic1628

elephantine1631

gigantive1638

colossean1644

decumanal1652

immensurate1654

gigant1658

decuman1659

colossal1664

abnormous1710

Brobdingnagian1728

Brobdingnag1731

Pantagruelian1737

heroic1785

Patagonian1786

seven-league1787

Titan1793

gigantic1797

seven-leagued1799

mammoth1801

dimensionless1813

tremendous1813

gigantesque1821

monster1837

titanesque1838

monstre1840

giantlike1847

leviathanic1848

pythonic1851

Babylonic1853

supercolossal1871

giantesque1909

behemothian1910

supergiant1919

ginormous1942

big-ass1945

Ozymandian1961

fuck-off1962

mega1968

humongous1970

monstro1970

big-assed1972

big-arsed1996

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 321 A mouthe as a mastif [MS mastis] hunde vn-metely to shaw.

3. = unmeet adj. 5b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective]

unkinOE

un-i-feieOE

unbecomelyc1200

amissc1325

wrongousa1350

uncovenablec1374

unsitting1390

undue1398

ungainanda1400

unquemea1400

inconvenientc1400

unlikelyc1405

disconvenienta1425

impertinenta1425

discovenablec1436

unmeetc1440

wrongc1440

unjustc1443

unbehovablec1450

inconvenientc1460

uncordial1488

unmeetly1534

unapt1539

unfit1548

incommodious1553

ungreeing1560

impertinent1565

stravagant1565

unproper1566

improper1570

unhovable1570

unapt1579

unbeseeming1583

unsuitablea1586

unappliable1588

unapt1588

unlikely1590

unfittinga1592

unfitted1592

unsuiting1596

unbefitting1598

unsorted1598

unsuited1598

contrary1600

impair1609

unfitty1613

incompetible1621

incongruous1623

infita1626

uncompetiblea1628

inaccommodatea1657

inapplicable1656

inconcinnate1657

inconcinnous1662

inept1675

unaccommodatea1676

incommode1678

indecorous1681

untoward1682

unapplicable1690

insuitable1692

unsuit1704

malapropos1709

inapt1744

out of place1748

uncongenial1788

unfit-like1796

ungain-like1796

inappropriate1804

unadapted1805

dissuitable1807

dissuited1819

ineligible1828

infelicitous1835

unapropos1840

butt-ended1850

malappropriate1851

ungenial1871

misappropriate1878

unbecoming1893

unappropriate1898

unadjusted1899

offside1910

off-key1943

improbable1958

1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1316/1 Peter..thought it in hys mynde vnmetely that hys lorde and mayster shoulde weshe his feete.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

unmeetlyadv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈmiːtli/, U.S.

/ˌənˈmitli/

Forms:

α. see unmeet adj. and adv. and -ly suffix²; also 1600s vnmeatly.

β. early Middle English unmetliche.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unmeet adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < unmeet adj. + -ly suffix². Compare Middle Dutch onmātelīke , Middle Low German unmātliken , Middle High German unmāzlīche , unmǣzlīche (German †unmäßlich ), Old Icelandic úmátaliga , Old Swedish ōmātelīka (Swedish omåttlig ), all in the sense ‘immoderately’. Compare earlier unmeetly adj., and (with sense 2) earlier meetly adv. Compare unimetely adv. at unimete adj. Derivatives.With the β. forms compare β. forms at meetly adv. Compare also Old English ungemetlīce (rarely with unprefixed base unmetlīce ) immeasurably, immensely, exceedingly, immoderately, excessively ( < un- prefix¹ + Old English gemetlīce : see meetly adv.).

Now archaic.

†1. Immoderately, excessively; hugely, immeasurably. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb] > excessively or immoderately

too971

unimeteOE

unmethelyOE

overmetec1225

un-i-methc1225

unmeetly?c1225

unmethc1225

overgarta1333

outrageouslya1387

outrageousc1390

unreasonablyc1400

outragelya1425

unmoderately?a1425

inordinatelyc1450

unrulilyc1456

dismeasurably1474

immoderately1482

overharda1500

unreasonable1535

furiously1555

intemperately1576

overliberally1578

unconscionably1583

unconscionable1596

exorbitantlya1635

undulya1779

owdaciously1848

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 292 Ne schalneauer heorte þenche swich selchðe þet ich nule ȝeue forþiluue vnmeteliche, vn euenliche, un hendeliche mare.

a1300 (?c1175) Poema Morale (McClean) l. 239 in Anglia (1907) 30 234 (MED) Þe sculle beo inne þe were lef poure men to suenche & þe þe louede reuing & stale & unmetliche drunke.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 27763 O suernes cums care to strang And þat vnmetele lastand lang.

1631 W. Lisle Faire Æthiopian i. 7 Th'ouer-flouds of Nile Fall int'a Dale vnmeatly midward deepe.

2. Unfittingly, unsuitably, inappropriately; improperly, unbecomingly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [adverb]

evilOE

wrongc1175

unworthlyc1200

unkindly?c1225

ungraithlya1300

unkindlyc1300

wrongly1303

unconablya1340

unworthily1377

ungoodlyc1380

falsely1393

uncomelya1400

unsittinglyc1412

uncomelilyc1420

unorderly1471

ungainlya1500

ill?1529

unmeetly1533

unconveniently1538

undecently1563

unproperly1604

unbeseemingly1617

viciously1617

unbecomingly1653

abusefully1656

unbefittingly1871

society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adverb]

wrongc1175

unworthlyc1200

unkindly?c1225

ungraithlya1300

wrongly1303

unconablya1340

unworthily1377

ungoodlyc1380

uncovenablya1382

improperly1390

falsely1393

unduly1399

unseemlya1400

unsittinglyc1412

unorderly1471

induly1483

unseemlily1483

ungainlya1500

uncomely?1518

unmeetly1533

unconveniently1538

wrongfully?1549

uncomelily1561

undecently1563

indecently1589

unproperly1604

unbeseemingly1617

viciously1617

unseemingly1619

misbecominglya1625

unbeseeming1645

unbecomingly1653

invalidly1705

naughty1892

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

1533 T. More Apologye f. 132^v By theyr couetouse and cruell delyng haue well shewed theym selfe full vnmetely to bere the name of fathers vnto the people.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. vi. sig. Dd7 A faire Mayden..Vpon a mangy iade vnmeetely set.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Induëment,..vnmeetly, vnfitly.

1685 J. Humfrey Axe laid to Root of Separation iii. 89 By the word Unworthily..there is nothing else is, or can be accordingly understood, but Unmeetly, Unsutably, or not Answerably to the Nature of the Ordinance, and the Ends of it.

1713 tr. Acct. Abolishing Duels in France 12 He shall declare to the Person offended, That unmeetly and impertinently he has Offended him by Abusive Words, which he owns to be false.

1752 B. Wallin Exhortations 141 This..is the Case of All who eat and drink unworthily or unmeetly.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock III. iv. 118 A benevolent smile..accorded not unmeetly with his glistening eyes.

1864 J. M. Neale Seatonian Poems 108 Tell, nor unrashly nor unmeetly, how God came from Teman.

1883 Liverpool Mercury 1 Dec. 6/8 Miss Shipton is not afraid to say that what is known as ‘the higher Christian life’ is really ‘unmeetly termed’.

1931 L. N. Richardson Hist. Early Amer. Mag. vi. 143 Even the lesser selections and contributions..fulfill not unmeetly the purpose Saur had outlined for his publication.

1968 J. J. Sullivan & M. R. P. McGuire tr. St Ambrose in L. P. McCauley et al. tr. Funeral Orations by St Gregory Nazianzen & St Ambrose 187 Not unmeetly has the Holy Spirit declared today through the voice of the little reader what a splendid man my brother was.

2007 M. Alexander Medievalism vii. 141 The Damozel is unmeetly miserable in heaven and would rather be with her lover on earth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unmeetly
释义	† unmeetlyadj. Forms: Old English unmætlic, late Middle English–1500s vnmetely. Origin: Probably formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unmeet adj., -ly suffix¹, un- prefix¹, meetly adj. Etymology: Originally (in Old English) probably < unmeet adj. + -ly suffix¹. In later use re-formed < un- prefix¹ + meetly adj. Compare Old Frisian unmētlik immense, Middle Dutch onmētelijc, onmātelijc immense, immeasurable (Dutch onmetelijk, †onmatelijk), Middle Low German unmātlik (only in unmātlikhēt immensity).Compare Old English ungemǣtlic (also ungemǣtelic ) (rare) immeasurable, immense, excessive, immoderate (with prefixed base; < unimete adj. + -ly suffix¹). Compare also Old English ungemetlic (rarely with unprefixed base unmetlic ) immeasurable, immense, excessive, immoderate ( < un- prefix¹ + i-metlich adj.); compare Middle Low German unmetlik, Old High German ummezlīh (Middle High German unmezlich, German †unmeßlich). Obsolete. rare. 1. = unmeet adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge unmeeteOE unmeetlyOE hugea1275 hideousc1330 infinitec1385 unmeasureda1398 unmeasurablec1405 hugyc1420 immeasurable1440 ingentc1450 unmeetlyc1450 giant1480 immense1490 monstrous?a1513 unmeasurely1513 hugeousa1529 unportable1537 enormous1544 enormc1560 giantly1561 immensible1579 rouncival1582 dismeasured1584 vast1585 immeasured1590 gargantuan1596 omnipotent1596 colossian1601 immane1601 prodigious1601 Polyphemian1602 Titanian1603 titanical1603 gigantical1604 immensive1604 gigantine1605 colossic1607 gigantean1611 Gogmagotical1612 gigantal?1614 Babylonian1617 leviathan1625 titanic1628 elephantine1631 gigantive1638 colossean1644 decumanal1652 immensurate1654 gigant1658 decuman1659 colossal1664 abnormous1710 Brobdingnagian1728 Brobdingnag1731 Pantagruelian1737 heroic1785 Patagonian1786 seven-league1787 Titan1793 gigantic1797 seven-leagued1799 mammoth1801 dimensionless1813 tremendous1813 gigantesque1821 monster1837 titanesque1838 monstre1840 giantlike1847 leviathanic1848 pythonic1851 Babylonic1853 supercolossal1871 giantesque1909 behemothian1910 supergiant1919 ginormous1942 big-ass1945 Ozymandian1961 fuck-off1962 mega1968 humongous1970 monstro1970 big-assed1972 big-arsed1996 OE tr. Alexander's Let. to Aristotle (1995) §19. 236 Swelce eac laforas [read eoforas] þær cwoman unmætlicre micelnisse, & monig oþer wildeor. 2. = unmeet adj. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > huge unmeeteOE unmeetlyOE hugea1275 hideousc1330 infinitec1385 unmeasureda1398 unmeasurablec1405 hugyc1420 immeasurable1440 ingentc1450 unmeetlyc1450 giant1480 immense1490 monstrous?a1513 unmeasurely1513 hugeousa1529 unportable1537 enormous1544 enormc1560 giantly1561 immensible1579 rouncival1582 dismeasured1584 vast1585 immeasured1590 gargantuan1596 omnipotent1596 colossian1601 immane1601 prodigious1601 Polyphemian1602 Titanian1603 titanical1603 gigantical1604 immensive1604 gigantine1605 colossic1607 gigantean1611 Gogmagotical1612 gigantal?1614 Babylonian1617 leviathan1625 titanic1628 elephantine1631 gigantive1638 colossean1644 decumanal1652 immensurate1654 gigant1658 decuman1659 colossal1664 abnormous1710 Brobdingnagian1728 Brobdingnag1731 Pantagruelian1737 heroic1785 Patagonian1786 seven-league1787 Titan1793 gigantic1797 seven-leagued1799 mammoth1801 dimensionless1813 tremendous1813 gigantesque1821 monster1837 titanesque1838 monstre1840 giantlike1847 leviathanic1848 pythonic1851 Babylonic1853 supercolossal1871 giantesque1909 behemothian1910 supergiant1919 ginormous1942 big-ass1945 Ozymandian1961 fuck-off1962 mega1968 humongous1970 monstro1970 big-assed1972 big-arsed1996 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 321 A mouthe as a mastif [MS mastis] hunde vn-metely to shaw. 3. = unmeet adj. 5b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [adjective] unkinOE un-i-feieOE unbecomelyc1200 amissc1325 wrongousa1350 uncovenablec1374 unsitting1390 undue1398 ungainanda1400 unquemea1400 inconvenientc1400 unlikelyc1405 disconvenienta1425 impertinenta1425 discovenablec1436 unmeetc1440 wrongc1440 unjustc1443 unbehovablec1450 inconvenientc1460 uncordial1488 unmeetly1534 unapt1539 unfit1548 incommodious1553 ungreeing1560 impertinent1565 stravagant1565 unproper1566 improper1570 unhovable1570 unapt1579 unbeseeming1583 unsuitablea1586 unappliable1588 unapt1588 unlikely1590 unfittinga1592 unfitted1592 unsuiting1596 unbefitting1598 unsorted1598 unsuited1598 contrary1600 impair1609 unfitty1613 incompetible1621 incongruous1623 infita1626 uncompetiblea1628 inaccommodatea1657 inapplicable1656 inconcinnate1657 inconcinnous1662 inept1675 unaccommodatea1676 incommode1678 indecorous1681 untoward1682 unapplicable1690 insuitable1692 unsuit1704 malapropos1709 inapt1744 out of place1748 uncongenial1788 unfit-like1796 ungain-like1796 inappropriate1804 unadapted1805 dissuitable1807 dissuited1819 ineligible1828 infelicitous1835 unapropos1840 butt-ended1850 malappropriate1851 ungenial1871 misappropriate1878 unbecoming1893 unappropriate1898 unadjusted1899 offside1910 off-key1943 improbable1958 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1316/1 Peter..thought it in hys mynde vnmetely that hys lorde and mayster shoulde weshe his feete. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). unmeetlyadv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈmiːtli/, U.S. /ˌənˈmitli/ Forms: α. see unmeet adj. and adv. and -ly suffix²; also 1600s vnmeatly. β. early Middle English unmetliche. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unmeet adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < unmeet adj. + -ly suffix². Compare Middle Dutch onmātelīke , Middle Low German unmātliken , Middle High German unmāzlīche , unmǣzlīche (German †unmäßlich ), Old Icelandic úmátaliga , Old Swedish ōmātelīka (Swedish omåttlig ), all in the sense ‘immoderately’. Compare earlier unmeetly adj., and (with sense 2) earlier meetly adv. Compare unimetely adv. at unimete adj. Derivatives.With the β. forms compare β. forms at meetly adv. Compare also Old English ungemetlīce (rarely with unprefixed base unmetlīce ) immeasurably, immensely, exceedingly, immoderately, excessively ( < un- prefix¹ + Old English gemetlīce : see meetly adv.). Now archaic. †1. Immoderately, excessively; hugely, immeasurably. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb] > excessively or immoderately too971 unimeteOE unmethelyOE overmetec1225 un-i-methc1225 unmeetly?c1225 unmethc1225 overgarta1333 outrageouslya1387 outrageousc1390 unreasonablyc1400 outragelya1425 unmoderately?a1425 inordinatelyc1450 unrulilyc1456 dismeasurably1474 immoderately1482 overharda1500 unreasonable1535 furiously1555 intemperately1576 overliberally1578 unconscionably1583 unconscionable1596 exorbitantlya1635 undulya1779 owdaciously1848 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 292 Ne schalneauer heorte þenche swich selchðe þet ich nule ȝeue forþiluue vnmeteliche, vn euenliche, un hendeliche mare. a1300 (?c1175) Poema Morale (McClean) l. 239 in Anglia (1907) 30 234 (MED) Þe sculle beo inne þe were lef poure men to suenche & þe þe louede reuing & stale & unmetliche drunke. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 27763 O suernes cums care to strang And þat vnmetele lastand lang. 1631 W. Lisle Faire Æthiopian i. 7 Th'ouer-flouds of Nile Fall int'a Dale vnmeatly midward deepe. 2. Unfittingly, unsuitably, inappropriately; improperly, unbecomingly. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfittingness > [adverb] evilOE wrongc1175 unworthlyc1200 unkindly?c1225 ungraithlya1300 unkindlyc1300 wrongly1303 unconablya1340 unworthily1377 ungoodlyc1380 falsely1393 uncomelya1400 unsittinglyc1412 uncomelilyc1420 unorderly1471 ungainlya1500 ill?1529 unmeetly1533 unconveniently1538 undecently1563 unproperly1604 unbeseemingly1617 viciously1617 unbecomingly1653 abusefully1656 unbefittingly1871 society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adverb] wrongc1175 unworthlyc1200 unkindly?c1225 ungraithlya1300 wrongly1303 unconablya1340 unworthily1377 ungoodlyc1380 uncovenablya1382 improperly1390 falsely1393 unduly1399 unseemlya1400 unsittinglyc1412 unorderly1471 induly1483 unseemlily1483 ungainlya1500 uncomely?1518 unmeetly1533 unconveniently1538 wrongfully?1549 uncomelily1561 undecently1563 indecently1589 unproperly1604 unbeseemingly1617 viciously1617 unseemingly1619 misbecominglya1625 unbeseeming1645 unbecomingly1653 invalidly1705 naughty1892 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 1533 T. More Apologye f. 132^v By theyr couetouse and cruell delyng haue well shewed theym selfe full vnmetely to bere the name of fathers vnto the people. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene vi. vi. sig. Dd7 A faire Mayden..Vpon a mangy iade vnmeetely set. View more context for this quotation 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Induëment,..vnmeetly, vnfitly. 1685 J. Humfrey Axe laid to Root of Separation iii. 89 By the word Unworthily..there is nothing else is, or can be accordingly understood, but Unmeetly, Unsutably, or not Answerably to the Nature of the Ordinance, and the Ends of it. 1713 tr. Acct. Abolishing Duels in France 12 He shall declare to the Person offended, That unmeetly and impertinently he has Offended him by Abusive Words, which he owns to be false. 1752 B. Wallin Exhortations 141 This..is the Case of All who eat and drink unworthily or unmeetly. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock III. iv. 118 A benevolent smile..accorded not unmeetly with his glistening eyes. 1864 J. M. Neale Seatonian Poems 108 Tell, nor unrashly nor unmeetly, how God came from Teman. 1883 Liverpool Mercury 1 Dec. 6/8 Miss Shipton is not afraid to say that what is known as ‘the higher Christian life’ is really ‘unmeetly termed’. 1931 L. N. Richardson Hist. Early Amer. Mag. vi. 143 Even the lesser selections and contributions..fulfill not unmeetly the purpose Saur had outlined for his publication. 1968 J. J. Sullivan & M. R. P. McGuire tr. St Ambrose in L. P. McCauley et al. tr. Funeral Orations by St Gregory Nazianzen & St Ambrose 187 Not unmeetly has the Holy Spirit declared today through the voice of the little reader what a splendid man my brother was. 2007 M. Alexander Medievalism vii. 141 The Damozel is unmeetly miserable in heaven and would rather be with her lover on earth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OEadv.?c1225
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