单词 | unthriftily |
释义 | unthriftilyadv. In an unthrifty manner; prodigally; †dissolutely. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > dissolute conduct > [adverb] unthriftilyc1386 unvirtuouslya1500 dissolutely1549 deperditely1608 desolately1608 perditlya1632 profligately1676 abandonedly1723 the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adverb] > thriftlessly unthriftilyc1386 unthriftfully1549 unthrift-like1607 thriftlessly1846 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [adverb] unthriftilyc1386 riotously?1529 dissolutely1549 wildly1561 desolately1608 abandonedly1723 profligately1741 riotly1786 c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. & Tale 893 If a man wole aske hem pryuely, Why they been clothed so vnthriftily. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 267 Þay..controeued agayn kynde contrare werkez, & vsed hem vn-þryftyly vchon on oþer. 1493 Festivall (1515) (de Worde) 53/2 Truly to laboure & not to slombre & slepe slewffully & vnthryftely. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xv Some thynkinge them self moche wyse and commendable Thoughe al theyr dayes they lyue vnthryftely. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxvi. 8) The ungodly ronne ryot unthriftely in their oune wickednes. 1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin 436 All such as spend their time vnthriftily. 1697 J. Collier Ess. Moral Subj. (ed. 2) ii. Ep. Ded. sig. A2 Our Attainments cannot be over-large; and yet we manage a narrow Fortune, very Vnthriftily. 1909 C. H. Firth Last Years of Protectorate I. 8 The government had not managed the treasury unthriftily. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1386 |
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