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unbiddenly

UK/ʌnˈbɪdənli/

unbiddenly adverb: without having been asked or invited.

Adverb

unbiddenly (comparative more unbiddenly, superlative most unbiddenly)

  1. Without having been asked or invited.
    • He seemed to take to me quite as naturally and unbiddenly as I to him; and when our smoke was over, he pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married [...].1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 10”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Forms of unbiddenly

comparativemore unbiddenly
superlativemost unbiddenly

Origin of unbiddenly

From unbidden + -ly.

Questions about unbiddenly

What does unbiddenly mean?
Unbiddenly means without having been asked or invited.
What part of speech is unbiddenly?
Unbiddenly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce unbiddenly?
Unbiddenly is pronounced /ʌnˈbɪdənli/ (UK).

Words near unbiddenly in the dictionary

  1. unbickering
  2. unbid
  3. unbidable
  4. unbiddable
  5. unbidden
  6. unbiddenly
  7. unbidding
  8. unbids
  9. unbiennium
  10. unbifurcated
  11. unbig

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