unchristly en · ADJ
Etymology
un- + Christ + -ly
Meanings
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Synonym of unchristlike.
[…] the indistinctness of the line of demarkation between the professed friends of Christ and the unchristly world;[…]
1897, Brethren Church, Ashland, Ohio, Brethren Evangelist Vol. XIX November 17, 1897 No. 44:Ernest confided, “Am in such an unchristly gigantic jam of every bloody kind now that it’s practically comic.”
2017, Dearborn, Mary V., author, Ernest Hemingway : a biography:this habit was inherited from one’s grandfather and that unchristly spirit from a long forgotten great-aunt
1907, Rev. Gearge Henry Hubbard, The Teachings Of Jesus In Parables:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unchristly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unchristly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |