undashingly en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ʌnˈdaʃɪŋli/ (UK)
Etymology
From undashing + -ly.
Meanings
-
In a way that is not dashing; unstylishly.
This view […] is not however far different from the British Colonial view which undashingly urges selfish considerations.
1976, Mohinder K. Manchanda, India and America: Historical Links, page 91:Rather undashingly he was captured in June 1940 as a sergeant in the Maginot Line, but escaped the following year to join a colonial infantry unit.
1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 167:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most undashingly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more undashingly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |