† unwrastlyadv.
Obsolete.
1. In a weak or feeble manner; weakly, poorly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adverb] > with weakness of character or will
wokelya1000
unwrastlyc1050
unthildilyc1225
fraillya1300
weaklya1616
akratically1913
spinelessly1977
c1050 Byrhtferth's Handboc in Anglia (1885) 8 334 Þys hiw ealde uðwitan gesettan agen þam þingum þe zenodotus se eficisca esne unwræstilice gesette.
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Titus) (1963) 102 Ȝif þu þurh þi ȝemles, weres te on earst unwreastlich [c1230 Corpus wacliche].
2. Basely, wickedly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adverb]
noughtlyeOE
wrothec888
unrighteouslyeOE
foullyOE
naughtlyOE
wrothlyc1200
litherlya1225
unwraste?c1225
illc1275
vilelyc1290
shrewdly13..
felonly1303
unwrastlyc1320
viciouslya1325
diverselyc1325
wickly1338
lewdlyc1384
badlyc1405
foula1425
mischievouslyc1426
felonously1436
felonmentc1470
wickedfullyc1480
villainously1484
meschantlya1492
sinisterly1491
noughtily1528
naughtily?1529
perniciously1533
illy1549
naught1549
bad1575
evilly1581
nefariously1599
scelerately1632
improbously1657
piggishly1756
iniquitously1796
pervertedly1804
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adverb] > in a base or vile manner
unwraste?c1225
vilelyc1290
unwrastlyc1320
villainlya1325
vilea1400
vildly1575
basely1593
ignobly1594
projectedly1660
unsolidly1755
blackguardly1827
bounderishly1921
c1320 Cast. Love 1468 Sikerliche vnwrestlyche he deeþ Þat such Fader ne loueþ with al his þouȝt.
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