unthankfullyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈθaŋkfᵿli/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈθaŋkfl̩i/, U.S. /ˌənˈθæŋkfəli/ Ungratefully.
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the mind > emotion > gratitude > ingratitude > [adverb]
unthankfullya1470
ingratefully1543
ungrately1548
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ungratefullya1625
thanklessly1626
a1470 J. Hardyng Chron. cxxxiii. i He awnswered hym full vnthankefully.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. ii. sig. Yij The riches that he hym selfe gaue hym, whiche the other vnthankefully dothe attribute to his owne fortune.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. ii. sig. Cc.iij/2 Such as do vnthankfully abuse the benefites..of their good God.
a1630 F. Moryson in Shakespeare's Europe (1903) v. iii. 475 This all experienced strangers doe confesse, but they vnthanckfully misconceaue the cause.
1697 Verdicts conc. Virgil & Homer v. 21 If these shipwrackt Banditti came sneakingly to Carthage, they go from it as unthankfully.
1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion iv. 162 You judge unthankfully; distempered nerves Infect the thoughts. View more context for this quotation
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xlvii. 465 A stubborn disposition..unthankfully indulged in.
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