unprincely
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]unprincely (comparative more unprincely, superlative most unprincely)
- Not princely; unprincelike.
- 1766, T[obias] Smollett, Travels through France and Italy. […], volume I, London: […] R[oberts] Baldwin, […], →OCLC, page 88:
- In spite of all the ornaments lavished on Versailles, it is a dismal habitation. The apartments are dark, ill-furnished, dirty, and unprincely.