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unreadily

unreadily adverb: in an unready manner.

Adverb

unreadily (comparative more unreadily, superlative most unreadily)

  1. In an unready manner.
    • Other patrons seized all the predial tithes, and gave an example of impropriations to the religious corporations in their vicinity that was not unreadily followed.1824, John Mirehouse, A Practical Treatise on the Law of Advowsons, page 83

Forms of unreadily

comparativemore unreadily
superlativemost unreadily

Origin of unreadily

From Middle English unredily; equivalent to unready + -ly.

Questions about unreadily

What does unreadily mean?
Unreadily means in an unready manner.
What part of speech is unreadily?
Unreadily is an adverb.

Words near unreadily in the dictionary

  1. unreadably
  2. unreaderly
  3. unreadied
  4. unreadier
  5. unreadiest
  6. unreadily
  7. unreadiness
  8. unreadinesses
  9. unreading
  10. unreads
  11. unready

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