unhonestly

English

Etymology

From Middle English unhonestly (“disgracefully”); equivalent to un- +‎ honestly.

Adverb

unhonestly (comparative more unhonestly, superlative most unhonestly)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of dishonestly
   • 1610, The Second Tome of the Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Lavrence Kellam, […], →OCLC, 2 Kinges 13:2, page 658:

     […] and was fond on her excedingly, ſo that for the loue of her he was ſicke: becauſe wheras ſhe was a virgin, it ſemed vnto him had hard to doe any thing vnhoneſtly with her.

   • 1675 [1647], Henry Hexham, edited by Daniel Manly, A Copious English and Netherdutch Dictionary […] ‎^[1], Rotterdam, page 435:

     Vnhoneſtly, oneerbaerlijck, oftefameusſelijck.

   • 1898, William Morris, “LIII: They Come to Wethermel, and the Carline Begins a Tale”, in The Sundering Flood‎^[2], Longmans, Green, and Company, →ISBN, page 294:

     Now the Carline remembered the coming of the said merchant, and how he had cast his love on the Maiden unhonestly and lustfully.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• unhonestli, un-honestli, unonestly

Etymology

From unhoneste (“dishonourable”) +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix) or un- +‎ honestly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /unˈɔnɛstliː/

Adverb

unhonestly

1. disgracefully, dishonourably
2. immorally, unethically
3. inappropriately, unsuitably

Descendants

• English: unhonestly

References

• “unhonestlī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.