unqualifiedlyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkwɒlᵻfʌɪdli/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkwɒlᵻfʌɪdli/, U.S. /ˌənˌkwɑləˈfaɪ(ə)dli/, /ˌənˌkwɔləˈfaɪ(ə)dli/ Without qualification or reservation; absolutely, thoroughly.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > utterly
allOE
allOE
outlyOE
thwert-outc1175
skerea1225
thoroughc1225
downrightc1275
purec1300
purelyc1300
faira1325
finelyc1330
quitec1330
quitelyc1330
utterlyc1374
outerlya1382
plainlya1382
straighta1387
allutterly1389
starkc1390
oultrelya1393
plata1393
barec1400
outrightc1400
incomparablyc1422
absolutely?a1425
simpliciter?a1425
staringa1425
quitementa1450
properlyc1450
directly1455
merec1475
incomparable1482
preciselyc1503
clean?1515
cleara1522
plain1535
merely1546
stark1553
perfectly1555
right-down1566
simply1574
flat1577
flatly1577
skire1581
plumb1588
dead?1589
rankly1590
stark1593
sheera1600
start1599
handsmooth1600
peremptory1601
sheerly1601
rank1602
utter1619
point-blank1624
proofa1625
peremptorily1626
downrightly1632
right-down1646
solid1651
clever1664
just1668
hollow1671
entirely1673
blank1677
even down1677
cleverly1696
uncomparatively1702
subtly1733
point1762
cussed1779
regularly1789
unqualifiedly1789
irredeemably1790
positively1800
cussedly1802
heart1812
proper1816
slick1818
blankly1822
bang1828
smack1828
pluperfectly1831
unmitigatedly1832
bodaciously1833
unredeemedly1835
out of sight1839
bodacious1845
regular1846
thoroughly1846
ingrainedly1869
muckinga1880
fucking1893
motherless1898
self1907
stone1928
sideways1956
terminally1974
1789 Times 22 Jan. 2/3 They being confessedly and unqualifiedly in favor of his Majesty's speedy recovery.
1861 J. S. Mill Represent. Govt. iii. 57 On the question of strikes..it is doubtful if there is so much as one among the leading members of either House, who is not firmly convinced that the reason of the matter is unqualifiedly on the side of the masters.
1873 J. Morley Rousseau II. 178 An exercise of sovereignty which might be atheistic, mahometan, or anything else unqualifiedly monstrous.
1917 Amer. Indust. in War Time 10 Dec. 3 A strike of working men today in any mill, mine or factory or on a railway system is absolutely and unqualifiedly treason.
1977 S. Sontag Illness as Metaphor ix. 83 The use of cancer as a metaphor..amounts to saying..that the event or situation is unqualifiedly and unredeemably wicked.
2010 Internat. Rev. Mod. Sociol. 36 132 Among the many childhoods chronicled for us, the only unqualifiedly glowing reports of ‘healthy’ family lives came from offspring of the Intelligentsia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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