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unenquiringly

unenquiringly adverb: in an unenquiring manner.

Adverb

unenquiringly (comparative more unenquiringly, superlative most unenquiringly)

  1. In an unenquiring manner.
    • Let then the whole country at once beastir^([sic]) and clear us from the foul disgrace of passing tacitly and unenquiringly this awful narrative.1841 August 7, “Extract of a Letter from One of the Doomed Victims in the Hell-Hole of Wakefield”, in The Northern Star, and Leeds General Advertiser, volume IV, number 195, Leeds, West Yorkshire...
    • With the best possible intentions, it may be, but still with the least possible insight, they speak of the Bible so much more in conformity with their natural notions of what it ought to be than with other men’s observation of what it is, and give themselves up so unenquiringly to mere traditions...1841–1848, [Frederic Myers], “The Third Book: The Bible”, in Catholic Thoughts on the Bible and Theology, Cambridge, Cambs.: […] C[harles] J[ohn] Clay, M.A. at the University Press, →OCLC, section l...

Examples of unenquiringly in a sentence

  • The American missionaries, and the native government actuated by the missionaries, threw themselves unenquiringly and at once into a crusade against the prevailing licentiousness of the people.1862, Manley Hopkins, “Hawaiian Characteristics”, in Hawaii: The Past, Present, and Future of Its Island-Kingdom. […], London: Longman...
  • I passed by with a murmured greeting, and the old lady turned and looked at me—merely looked, calmly, unenquiringly, and without uttering a word.2016, John Banville, “Baggotonia”, in Time Pieces: A Dublin Memoir, Dublin: Hachette Books Ireland, →ISBN, page 71:

Forms of unenquiringly

comparativemore unenquiringly
superlativemost unenquiringly
alternative formuninquiringly

Origin of unenquiringly

From unenquiring + -ly.

Questions about unenquiringly

What does unenquiringly mean?
Unenquiringly means in an unenquiring manner.
How do you use unenquiringly in a sentence?
The American missionaries, and the native government actuated by the missionaries, threw themselves unenquiringly and at once into a crusade against the prevailing licentiousness of the people.
What part of speech is unenquiringly?
Unenquiringly is an adverb.

Words near unenquiringly in the dictionary

  1. unennobled
  2. unennobling
  3. unenounced
  4. unenquired
  5. unenquiring
  6. unenquiringly
  7. unenraged
  8. unenraptured
  9. unenrichable
  10. unenrichableness
  11. unenriched

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