undecently en · ADV
Etymology
From undecent + -ly.
Meanings
-
(obsolete) Unsuitably; improperly.
Philosophie hath done me the pleasure to judge, that so honorable an action, had been undecently [translating indecemment] placed in any other life, than in Catoes[…].
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 11, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
- (obsolete) Scandalously; indecently.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more undecently | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most undecently | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |