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单词 unpiteously
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unpiteouslyadv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpɪtɪəsli/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɪdiəsli/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and piteously adv.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, piteously adv.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + piteously adv. Compare unpiteous adj.
1. Impiously, wickedly. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > impiety > [adverb]
hinderfullichec1200
undevoutly1377
unpiteouslya1382
ungodly1526
ungodlily1583
impiously1595
indevoutly1694
undivinely1884
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xii. 2 Who forsothe trostith in his thoȝtis, vnpitously [L. impie] doth.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) 2 Pet. ii. 6 Puttinge ensaumple of hem that weren to doynge yuel, or vnpitously [L. impie].
2. Pitilessly, unmercifully; cruelly, harshly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adverb]
unpiteouslyc1390
unruefullya1400
unruthfullya1400
vengeably1412
ruthlessly1581
unpitifully1587
inhumanely1598
pitilessly1611
uncompassionately1612
incompassionately1639
unpityingly1741
impitiably1835
tearlessly1853
c1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Bodl. 902) viii. l. 2994* He yit nevere unpitously Ayein the liges of his lond..Thurgh cruelte vengaunce soghte.
c1400 Prickynge of Love (Harl.) (1983) 173 Whanne sheo hath þe maistrie ouer me, þenne sheo..trediþ on me dispitousli as a womman with-outen mercy and..vn-pitously.
1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 10151 (MED) Langrauyis brothyr..From hyr dowarye hyr drof ful vnpytouslye.
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. xvii. sig. n.iiiv The darte that the deuyll casteth subtylly, and ryght vnpyteously.
a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxxii. sig. l.vi Whiche danes..Punysshed vnpiteously all this region With a wofull plage of great crudelite.
1833 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 199 Oxford..so unpiteously cramming her alumni with the shells alone.
1879 Huddersfield Daily Chron. 6 Nov. 3/2 Mr Lowe..has been unpiteously scornful and unrelentingly bitter.
1921 Relief Soc. Mag. Jan. 15 She could scarcely see a yard in front of her, the snow and wind lashed her face so unpiteously.
1993 Esquire July 58/2 A visitor to Paris described her unpiteously and with some measure of self-satisfaction. ‘She had grown thick,’ he wrote.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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