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unwarily

unwarily adverb: in an unwary manner.

Adverb

unwarily (comparative more unwarily, superlative most unwarily)

  1. In an unwary manner.
    • One day as I vnvvarily did gaze / on thoſe fayre eyes my loues immortall light: / the vvhiles my ſtoniſht hart ſtood in amaze, / through ſvveet illuſion of her lookes delight.1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet XVI”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, signature B, verso
    • For in a night the best part of my power, / As I upon advantage did remove, / Were in the Washes all unwarily / Devoured by the unexpected flood.c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Forms of unwarily

comparativemore unwarily
superlativemost unwarily

Origin of unwarily

From unwary + -ly.

Questions about unwarily

What does unwarily mean?
Unwarily means in an unwary manner.
What part of speech is unwarily?
Unwarily is an adverb.

Words near unwarily in the dictionary

  1. unwarely
  2. unwares
  3. unwarie
  4. unwarier
  5. unwariest
  6. unwarily
  7. unwariness
  8. unwarinesses
  9. unwarlike
  10. unwarlikeness
  11. unwarm

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