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ungoodly

ungoodly adjective: bad; wicked; unhandsome.

Adjective

ungoodly (comparative more ungoodly, superlative most ungoodly)

  1. (obsolete) Bad; wicked; unhandsome.
    • No man that is a bastarde or hath had ii wyves or hath a mahayme or a blemysshe that maketh him ungoodly shall take orders.1519, William Horman, Vulgaria, folio 14, verso
    • […] and the said Comyssarye beyng in that case the Kyngs lawfull officer for the kepyng of his peace, causid his dagger to be takyn from hym, and for his ungoodly maner so then usid to the Comyssarye did send hym to prison, as he myght doo by vertue of the said chartors, […]1530, William H[enry] Turner, editor, Selections from the Records of the City of Oxford, with Extracts from Other Documents Illustrating the Municipal History: Henry VIII. to Elizabeth, [1509—1583]...

Adverb

ungoodly (comparative more ungoodly, superlative most ungoodly)

  1. (obsolete) Badly; in a rough or improper manner.
    • […]the remnaunt toke his ſervauntꝭ and intreated them vngoodly and ſlewe thẽ.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew xxij:[6], folio xxxj, recto
    • And good thinges vngoodlye vſed, are not good, ſayeth an honorable biſhoppe in an erneſter matter then this is: yet we muſte beware that we laye not mennes faultes vpõ the thing which is not worthie, for ſo nothing ſhulde be good.1545, Roger Ascham, Toxophilus, the Schole of Shootinge Conteyned in Tvvo Bookes. To All Gentlemen and Yomen of Englande, Pleasaunte for Theyr Pastyme to Rede, and Profitable for Theyr Use to Folow...

Forms of ungoodly

Adjective
comparativemore ungoodly
superlativemost ungoodly
Adverb
comparativemore ungoodly
superlativemost ungoodly

Origin of ungoodly

From un- + goodly (adjective via Middle English ungoodly). Compare obsolete Dutch ongoedelike.

Questions about ungoodly

What does ungoodly mean?
Ungoodly means bad; wicked; unhandsome.
What part of speech is ungoodly?
Ungoodly can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near ungoodly in the dictionary

  1. ungone
  2. ungood
  3. ungooder
  4. ungoodest
  5. ungoodliness
  6. ungoodly
  7. ungoodness
  8. ungoofy
  9. ungooglable
  10. ungoogleable
  11. ungoonable

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