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unlearnedly

unlearnedly adverb: in an unlearned manner.

Adverb

unlearnedly (comparative more unlearnedly, superlative most unlearnedly)

  1. In an unlearned manner.
    • And those Affectators of Variety seem equally ridiculous, who, when they have spoken barbarously once, repeat the same Thing much more barbarously; and then over and over again much more unlearnedly.1878, N. Bailey., Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I.
    • Better far for such victims had they, instead of aspiring to the vanities of a "classical education," sat, like Keats, unlearnedly at the feet of quaint Chapman, or Dryden, or even of Mr. Pope.1892, Charles Lamb, The Best Letters of Charles Lamb

Forms of unlearnedly

comparativemore unlearnedly
superlativemost unlearnedly

Origin of unlearnedly

From unlearned + -ly.

Questions about unlearnedly

What does unlearnedly mean?
Unlearnedly means in an unlearned manner.
What part of speech is unlearnedly?
Unlearnedly is an adverb.

Words near unlearnedly in the dictionary

  1. unlearn
  2. unlearnability
  3. unlearnable
  4. unlearnably
  5. unlearned
  6. unlearnedly
  7. unlearnedness
  8. unlearner
  9. unlearners
  10. unlearning
  11. unlearnings

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