单词 | unpolitely |
释义 | unpolitelyadv. In an unpolite manner; rudely, discourteously, ungraciously. Also: †not elegantly (obsolete).Impolitely is now more usual. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [adverb] unhendlya1225 uncourteously1338 rudelyc1405 rudec1460 roidlyc1480 homely1563 discourteously1572 uncivilly1577 indiscreetly1637 unhandsomely1662 incivilly1671 unpolitely1695 impolitely1736 incourteously1859 1695 T. W. tr. J. Abbadie Art of knowing One-self v. 48 Motives.., repeated a thousand ways and sometimes very grosly and unpolitely. 1722 Coll. Misc. Lett. Mist's Weekly Jrnl. I. xcvii. 284 Handling the Subject uncuriously and unpolitely. 1799 tr. A. von Kotzebue Writing Desk iv. viii. 107 Pardon me if I speak unpolitely. 1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xxiii. 514 Arthur asked his pardon, if he had stared at him unpolitely. 1896 Judy 16 Sept. 759 (caption) ‘She's a divorcée.’ ‘Well you need not put it so unpolitely. Why not style her a widow whose husband is still alive?’ 1966 Financial Times 1 Dec. 12/5 As two shareholders unpolitely put it at the meeting: ‘A mess of verbage we cannot understand.’ 1996 P. Des Barres Rock Bottom 197 The redhead very unpolitely asked me to leave. So unneighborly! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1695 |
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