unrewardedlyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈwɔːdᵻdli/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈwɔrdədli/ Now rare.
Without reward; unrequitedly.
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the mind > emotion > gratitude > ingratitude > [adverb] > without reward
ungratefully1593
unrewardedly1839
1839 J. Rogers Antipopopriestian ii. §13. 294 To do an impossibility without pay or fee, by unrewardedly bringing souls from purgatory, from a place that has not existed, and does not exist, is quite above the range of popan and priestal philanthropy.
1888 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 757/1 He had transfused two months of her life with such a delicate sweetness, so unrewardedly.
1935 E. Bowen House in Paris ii. iv. 128 She had loved unrewardedly for so long.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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