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单词 unwittily
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unwittilyadv.

Etymology: < unwitty adj., or un- prefix1 5.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈwittily.
1. In an ignorant, unwise, or foolish manner; unwisely. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adverb]
unwiselyc897
dizzilyc1175
folly?c1225
canglichec1230
mazedlya1250
follilyc1330
unskilfully1340
unwittily1362
lewdlyc1380
nicelya1387
fondlya1450
nicea1450
foolishlyc1450
foliously1481
ineptly1523
peevishly?1529
simply1535
insipiently1536
senselessly1561
fonly1579
sillilyc1598
perperously1657
insipidly1699
daftly1724
silly1731
stupid?1757
dawkinly1763
fool-like1800
unsagely1801
spoonily1861
assishly1863
ill-advisedly1879
1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. iii. 101 Unwittily, ywys, wrouht hastou ofte.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 3802 Þofe we hafe vnwittyly wastede oure selfene.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) vi. 525 Till thaim & nother ellis-quhar Had ey, & wrocht unwittily [1487 St. John's Cambr. vnvittandly].
1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Inargute, vnwittily, without subtilitee.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxxxv Where they condempne the baptisme.., it is vnwittely [L. inscienter] done of them.
2. In a manner displaying lack of wit or facetious humour.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in unwitty or inhumorous manner
unwittily1661
inhumorously1898
unfunnily1963
1661 A. Cowley Vision Cromwell 69 This Man was wanton and merry (unwittily and ungracefully merry) with our Sufferings.
1884 Imperial Dict. IV. 524/2.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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