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unhonestly

unhonestly adverb: synonym of dishonestly.

Adverb

unhonestly (comparative more unhonestly, superlative most unhonestly)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of dishonestly.
    • […]and was fond on her excedingly, ſo that for the loue of her he was ſicke: becauſe wheras ſhe was a virgin, it ſemed vnto him had hard to doe any thing vnhoneſtly with her.1610, The Second Tome of the Holie Bible, […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Doway: Laurence Kellam, […], →OCLC, 2 Kinges 13:2, page 658
    • Vnhoneſtly, oneerbaerlijck, oftefameusſelijck.1675 [1647], Henry Hexham, edited by Daniel Manly, A Copious English and Netherdutch Dictionary […] , Rotterdam, page 435
    Synonyms:
    dishonestly

Synonyms of unhonestly

Forms of unhonestly

comparativemore unhonestly
superlativemost unhonestly

Origin of unhonestly

From Middle English unhonestly (“disgracefully”); equivalent to un- + honestly.

Questions about unhonestly

What does unhonestly mean?
Unhonestly means synonym of dishonestly.
What part of speech is unhonestly?
Unhonestly is an adverb.

Words near unhonestly in the dictionary

  1. unhomologated
  2. unhomologous
  3. unhoned
  4. unhonest
  5. unhonestie
  6. unhonestly
  7. unhonesty
  8. unhoneyed
  9. unhonied
  10. unhonor
  11. unhonor'd

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