unpardonablyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɑːdn̩əbli/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈpɑːdnəbli/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɑrd(ə)nəbli/ In an unpardonable manner; unforgivably, inexcusably, reprehensibly.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > unpardonableness > [adverb]
irremissiblya1492
inexcusably1587
unpardonably1598
unexcusably1611
unpardonable1663
inexpiably1684
unforgivably1890
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adverb] > unpardonably
irremissiblya1492
inexcusably1587
unpardonably1598
unexcusably1611
unpardonable1663
inexpiably1684
unforgivably1890
1598 F. Meres tr. Luis de Granada Sinners Guyde ii. vii. 400 For enuie is the deuils sinne, of which alone the deuill is guilty, & vnpardonably guilty.
1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 12 Those mighty syllables..which take upon them to joyn heavn and hell together unpardnably till death pardon.
1699 J. Dennis Rinaldo & Armida Pref. sig. a3 I should be unpardonably Presumptuous, if I should Imagine that I could be in the Right, against the Consent of so many Illustrious Assemblies as Composed the Audiences of this Tragedy.
1748 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 102/1 You throw out things that are as unpardonably seditious, as they are palpably absurd.
1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. vii. 111 We have both deviated most grievously and unpardonably from our duty.
1869 P. G. Hamerton Wenderholme I. vi. 145 He had..a settled conviction that his son was unpardonably careless.
1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April (1989) 292 How very horrid she had been. She had behaved unpardonably.
1992 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Dec. 17/2 The romantic sub-plot is perfunctory and the fourth act unpardonably long.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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