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unfitly

unfitly adverb: in an unfit manner; unsuitably, inappropriately, not fitly.

Adverb

unfitly (comparative more unfitly, superlative most unfitly)

  1. In an unfit manner; unsuitably, inappropriately, not fitly.
    • These two sorts of essences, I suppose, may not unfitly be termed, the one the REAL, the other NOMINAL ESSENCE. 16.1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume II.
    • And in reference to this harmonious interplay of all the human faculties and sensibilities, I may not unfitly apply to Shakespeare's workmanship these choice lines from Wordsworth: "Brisk Youth appeared, the Morn of youth, With freaks of graceful folly,-- Life's temperate Noon, her sober Eve, Her...1872, H. N. Hudson, Shakespeare= His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I.

Forms of unfitly

comparativemore unfitly
superlativemost unfitly

Origin of unfitly

From unfit + -ly.

Questions about unfitly

What does unfitly mean?
Unfitly means in an unfit manner; unsuitably, inappropriately, not fitly.
What part of speech is unfitly?
Unfitly is an adverb.

Words near unfitly in the dictionary

  1. unfisted
  2. unfisting
  3. unfists
  4. unfit
  5. unfitful
  6. unfitly
  7. unfitness
  8. unfitnesses
  9. unfits
  10. unfittable
  11. unfitted

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