untenderlyadv.
(un- prefix1 5.)
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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [adverb]
unkindly?1387
untenderly?a1400
unmeeklya1425
durely1477
roidlyc1480
kindlessly1826
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > [adverb]
unkindlya1393
untenderly?a1400
unmeeklya1425
ungentlyc1450
unkindfully?1534
kindlessly1826
society > faith > aspects of faith > [adverb] > unsusceptible
untenderly1651
society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adverb] > unscrupulously
unconsciencely?1449
unconscionably1583
consciencelesslya1603
inconscionably1634
unconscientiously1649
untenderly1651
unscrupulously1833
?a1400 Morte Arth. 1144 Vn-tenderly fro þe toppe þai tiltine to-gederz.
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) vii. ii. 128 He sende þaim in to Normondy, Þar tretyt þai war wntendyrly.
1651 A. Johnston Diary (1919) II. 143 I heard of Suynton's..leaving of all family exercises..and walking untenderly on the Lords Day.
a1658 J. Durham Comm. Revelation (1660) 188 A Minister..prone to foster their securitie, or rifle their wounds untenderly.
1780 S. J. Pratt Emma Corbett III. cxxxviii. 156 I have too much contributed to her present happiness for her to treat me untenderly.
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ii. 72 If I spoke untenderly This morning,..pardon it.
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. II. vi. 169 The snow-white soul that angels fear to take Untenderly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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