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unworthily

unworthily adverb: in an unworthy manner.

Adverb

unworthily (comparative more unworthily, superlative most unworthily)

  1. In an unworthy manner.
    • There are deadly sins from which God's people may recover. A man may even communicate unworthily, and yet, so be it he sin not against the Holy Ghost, he may find forgiveness.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide

Forms of unworthily

comparativemore unworthily
superlativemost unworthily

Origin of unworthily

From unworthy + -ly.

Questions about unworthily

What does unworthily mean?
Unworthily means in an unworthy manner.
What part of speech is unworthily?
Unworthily is an adverb.

Words near unworthily in the dictionary

  1. unworsted
  2. unworth
  3. unworthier
  4. unworthies
  5. unworthiest
  6. unworthily
  7. unworthiness
  8. unworthinesses
  9. unworthness
  10. unworthwhile
  11. unworthy

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