unnoblyadv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈnəʊbli/, U.S.

/ˌənˈnoʊbli/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and nobly adv.

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

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + nobly adv.

Not nobly; in an ignoble or dishonourable manner. Cf. ignobly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [adverb]

undignelyc1315

poorlyc1390

vilea1400

ignobly1594

unnobly1595

meanly1602

meana1626

unhandsomely1650

projectedly1660

unheroically1783

undignifiedly1856

raffishly1897

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > [adverb]

arghlyc1000

vilelyc1290

vilea1400

brothelyc1400

caitiflyc1425

scabbedly1548

vildly1575

unsela1583

basely1593

unnobly1595

dirtilya1631

shabbily1755

base-mindedly1851

1595 L. Lewkenor Estate Eng. Fugitives sig. G2^v He..disdained vnnobly to imbase his hands with the vnworthy bloud of men rendred & vnable to resist.

a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. v. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggg/1 You doe the most unnobly to be angry.

a1628 F. Greville Alaham ii. iii, in Certaine Wks. (1633) 31 True hearts, to doe vnnobly, haue no sp'rit.

1662 Bp. H. King Elegies 18 in Poems (new ed.) Which..Shall..enhearse this blood un-nobly spilt.

1712 Gen. Cashier'd iii. 35 Your Highness wrongs me, wrongs me most unnobly.

1794 Wonderful Mag. 1 Oct. 230 Osbright..most unnobly, being not able to prevail by smooth persuasions, did by force violate her constant chastity.

1837 W. R. Wilson Notes Abroad & Rhapsodies at Home 49 Sir Walter earned an almost princely fortune by his pen: he earned nobly, and not unnobly, too, he employed it.

1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art 422 Snub-nosed and otherwise unnobly formed countenances, with pointed goat-like ears.

1933 Lima (Ohio) News 16 Apr. 18/1 When Millicent later sued for a divorce, her Count unnobly countered with a suit for separate maintenance.

1967 F. Hooper Greek Realities i. v. 109 Archilochus was born the bastard son of a nobleman who had sired him, unnobly, by a slave woman.

2007 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 2 Feb. Many countries the Poms marched into.., they unnobly and dishonourably crept out of and left the problems they created.

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

单词	unnobly
释义	unnoblyadv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈnəʊbli/, U.S. /ˌənˈnoʊbli/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and nobly adv. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, nobly adv. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + nobly adv. Not nobly; in an ignoble or dishonourable manner. Cf. ignobly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > ignobleness or baseness > [adverb] undignelyc1315 poorlyc1390 vilea1400 ignobly1594 unnobly1595 meanly1602 meana1626 unhandsomely1650 projectedly1660 unheroically1783 undignifiedly1856 raffishly1897 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > [adverb] arghlyc1000 vilelyc1290 vilea1400 brothelyc1400 caitiflyc1425 scabbedly1548 vildly1575 unsela1583 basely1593 unnobly1595 dirtilya1631 shabbily1755 base-mindedly1851 1595 L. Lewkenor Estate Eng. Fugitives sig. G2^v He..disdained vnnobly to imbase his hands with the vnworthy bloud of men rendred & vnable to resist. a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. v. vi, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggg/1 You doe the most unnobly to be angry. a1628 F. Greville Alaham ii. iii, in Certaine Wks. (1633) 31 True hearts, to doe vnnobly, haue no sp'rit. 1662 Bp. H. King Elegies 18 in Poems (new ed.) Which..Shall..enhearse this blood un-nobly spilt. 1712 Gen. Cashier'd iii. 35 Your Highness wrongs me, wrongs me most unnobly. 1794 Wonderful Mag. 1 Oct. 230 Osbright..most unnobly, being not able to prevail by smooth persuasions, did by force violate her constant chastity. 1837 W. R. Wilson Notes Abroad & Rhapsodies at Home 49 Sir Walter earned an almost princely fortune by his pen: he earned nobly, and not unnobly, too, he employed it. 1847 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art 422 Snub-nosed and otherwise unnobly formed countenances, with pointed goat-like ears. 1933 Lima (Ohio) News 16 Apr. 18/1 When Millicent later sued for a divorce, her Count unnobly countered with a suit for separate maintenance. 1967 F. Hooper Greek Realities i. v. 109 Archilochus was born the bastard son of a nobleman who had sired him, unnobly, by a slave woman. 2007 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 2 Feb. Many countries the Poms marched into.., they unnobly and dishonourably crept out of and left the problems they created. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1595
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