misruly
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English misrewle, misruly, mysrewly, mysrule; equivalent to mis- + ruly.
Adjective
[edit]misruly (comparative more misruly, superlative most misruly)
- (obsolete) unruly
- c. 1600, John Ayliffe, Satires:
- […] While no man seeketh to reflect the wrong, / And curb the range of his misruly tongue?