unrestrainedlyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈstreɪnᵻdli/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈstreɪnᵻdli/ In an unrestrained manner; without restraint.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adverb]
unredlya1200
outrightc1300
largec1405
largelya1450
liberallya1500
frankly1541
unrestrainedly1635
ramping1807
outrightly1914
balls-out1959
uninhibitedly1959
1635 N. N. Maria Triumphans Ep. Ded. 4 That with the Wings of your gracious Patronage, it [sc. this book] may more freely, and vnrestraynedly flye abroad.
1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa III. ii. iii. 287 Shee shedd hirs [sc. tears] the more vnrestrain'dly.
1773 Sentimental Spy I. i. 2 At home, where whim and caprice are most unrestrainedly indulged.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. x. 331 ‘Yes, it is in vain that you would conceal the truth,’ she added, weeping unrestrainedly.
1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. ix. 198 He..yawned unrestrainedly.
1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind v. 32 She will see enough of them unrestrainedly to understand their dispositions.
1916 D. S. Greenberg Murder iii. viii. 523 The rain continued, beating down unrestrainedly.
1949 C. Beaton Diary 24 Feb. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xvii. 218 I doubt if ever before have I, in the theatre, so unrestrainedly enjoyed the fruits of my own work.
2009 R. Dasgupta Solo 72 Magdalena laughed with the music, and danced unrestrainedly with him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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