unmilitarilyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈmɪlᵻt(ə)rᵻli/, /(ˌ)ʌnmɪlᵻˈtɛrᵻli/, U.S. /ˌənˌmɪləˈtɛrəli/ Not militarily; in a manner not according to military practice or conforming to military standards.
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society > armed hostility > military service > [adverb] > not
unmilitarily1778
1778 T. Paine Amer. Crisis No. V 74 There has been something unmilitarily passive in you from the time of your passing the Schuylkill..to the close of the campaign.
1856 J. Strang Glasgow & its Clubs 585 A prisoner, who most unmilitarily occupied the front of the saddle.
1914 F. M. Ford Between St. Dennis & St. George ii. iii. 62 British guns that one used occasionally to see going about, unmilitarily enough, along dusty roads, say in the neighbourhood of Chiswick or of Isleworth.
2011 Newsweek (Nexis) 17 Oct. 38 Stewart sat behind his unmilitarily cluttered desk.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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