unripely

English

Etymology

From unripe +‎ -ly.

Adverb

unripely (comparative more unripely, superlative most unripely)

1. In an unripe way; prematurely.
   • 1611, Thomas Middleton, No Wit, No Help Like a Woman's:

     What is our life, but our life's tragedy, / Extinguish'd in a momentary time? / And life to murder life is cruelty, / Unripely withering in a flowery prime […]