unpurposelyadv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈpəːpəsli/, U.S.

/ˌənˈpərpəsli/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and purposely adv.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, purposely adv.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + purposely adv.

†1. Scottish. Without good reason. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

c1600 W. Fowler tr. N. Machiavelli Prince in Wks. (1936) II. 116 A prence..suld mak him self to be estemed clement and not cruell. Notwithstanding he suld be weill advysed that he use not pitie vnpurposlye [It. Nondimanco deve avvertire di non usar male questa pietà].

2. Not on purpose; accidentally.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > unintentionally or involuntarily

unthankc960

un-i-waldesOE

unwaldesc1210

in unwaresa1300

unwilfully1382

unwaresa1400

unbewares1483

unawares1535

unbethought1558

involuntarily1562

unaware1593

at unawares1596

unwillinglya1616

implicitly1625

unpurposedlya1639

hormetically1678

inadvertently1678

indeliberately1681

undesignedly1687

inadvertingly1715

unintentionally1769

unintendedly1782

unpurposely1830

will-lessly1865

1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 412/1 Mr Moore is too well acquainted with literary history, to fall into any blunders of commission,—but he has fallen,—not perhaps unpurposely, into not a few of omission.

1875 W. D. Howells Foregone Concl. xv. 259 Some..harmless thing that she had unpurposely bruised.

1957 Amer. Jrnl. Compar. Law 6 357 The author's personality is such that, apparently unpurposely, he has written a thesis.

2003 Anthropos 98 546/2 A person, who had unpurposely killed someone by falling on him from a tree, should himself be killed.

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

单词	unpurposely
释义	unpurposelyadv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpəːpəsli/, U.S. /ˌənˈpərpəsli/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and purposely adv. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, purposely adv. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + purposely adv. †1. Scottish. Without good reason. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ c1600 W. Fowler tr. N. Machiavelli Prince in Wks. (1936) II. 116 A prence..suld mak him self to be estemed clement and not cruell. Notwithstanding he suld be weill advysed that he use not pitie vnpurposlye [It. Nondimanco deve avvertire di non usar male questa pietà]. 2. Not on purpose; accidentally. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > unintentionally or involuntarily unthankc960 un-i-waldesOE unwaldesc1210 in unwaresa1300 unwilfully1382 unwaresa1400 unbewares1483 unawares1535 unbethought1558 involuntarily1562 unaware1593 at unawares1596 unwillinglya1616 implicitly1625 unpurposedlya1639 hormetically1678 inadvertently1678 indeliberately1681 undesignedly1687 inadvertingly1715 unintentionally1769 unintendedly1782 unpurposely1830 will-lessly1865 1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 412/1 Mr Moore is too well acquainted with literary history, to fall into any blunders of commission,—but he has fallen,—not perhaps unpurposely, into not a few of omission. 1875 W. D. Howells Foregone Concl. xv. 259 Some..harmless thing that she had unpurposely bruised. 1957 Amer. Jrnl. Compar. Law 6 357 The author's personality is such that, apparently unpurposely, he has written a thesis. 2003 Anthropos 98 546/2 A person, who had unpurposely killed someone by falling on him from a tree, should himself be killed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1600
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