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incontinently

incontinently adverb: in an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint.

Adverb

incontinently (comparative more incontinently, superlative most incontinently)

  1. In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint.
  2. (archaic) Immediately; at once; forthwith.
    • And lest any man should think her intent was to unnestle ill neighbours, and not to aid good neighbours, or that she was readier to restore what was invaded by others than to render what was in her own hands; see if the time provided not a new occasion afterwards, when through their own division...a. 1603, Francis Bacon, Discourse in the Praise of Queen Elizabeth
    • The Prieſt ties his ſtole about the neck of the poſſeſſed vvith three knots, and ſays, […] I exorciſe you [evil spirits], and adjure you, and command you, by the povver I have, that you incontinently hear the vvords of my conjuring, and perceive your ſelves overcome, and command you not to depart...1664, Jeremy [Taylor], “The Church of Rome, as It is at this Day Disordered, Teaches Doctrines, and Uses Practises, which are in Themselves, or in Their True and Immediate Consequences, Direct...

Examples of incontinently in a sentence

  • On such eyes as maidens cherish / Let thy fond adorers gaze, / Or incontinently perish / In their all-consuming rays!1881, W. S. Gilbert, Patience, act II:
  • The image which she had called up was too much for her nerves, and she fled incontinently.1891, Bram Stoker, The Judge's House:

Synonyms of incontinently

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Forms of incontinently

comparativemore incontinently
superlativemost incontinently

Origin of incontinently

From incontinent + -ly.

Questions about incontinently

What does incontinently mean?
Incontinently means in an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint.
How do you use incontinently in a sentence?
On such eyes as maidens cherish / Let thy fond adorers gaze, / Or incontinently perish / In their all-consuming rays!
What part of speech is incontinently?
Incontinently is an adverb.

Words near incontinently in the dictionary

  1. incontinency
  2. incontinent
  3. incontinent ordinance
  4. incontinent ordinances
  5. incontinentia pigmenti
  6. incontinently
  7. incontinents
  8. incontinuous
  9. incontracted
  10. incontractile
  11. incontradictable

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