unthriftilyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈθrɪftᵻli/, U.S. /ˌənˈθrɪftᵻli/ In an unthrifty manner; prodigally; †dissolutely.
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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.
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