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unprovenly

unprovenly adverb: without proof.

Adverb

unprovenly (not comparable)

  1. Without proof.
    • I am satisfied that there are many convicts in this prison unprovenly or unjustly confined, and that should have relief.1881, Texas. Superintendent of State Penitentiaries, Report, page 155
    • Unlike Judson, who started life as a violinist and claimed (unprovenly) to have played the American premiere of Richard Strauss's sonata, Wilford never studied music and could, by some accounts, not read a simple piano score.1991, Norman Lebrecht, The maestro myth: great conductors in pursuit of power, page 308

Origin of unprovenly

From unproven + -ly.

Questions about unprovenly

What does unprovenly mean?
Unprovenly means without proof.
What part of speech is unprovenly?
Unprovenly is an adverb.

Words near unprovenly in the dictionary

  1. unproved
  2. unprovedness
  3. unproven
  4. unprovenanced
  5. unprovenienced
  6. unprovenly
  7. unprovenness
  8. unproverbial
  9. unproves
  10. unprovidable
  11. unprovide

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