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Etymology
Etymology tree English unscrupulous Middle English -ly English -ly English unscrupulously From unscrupulous + -ly.
Meanings
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In an unscrupulous manner.
His acquaintances were passed without greeting; while, as for his confidential friends, them he pointedly, unscrupulously, and with a kind of fierceness, cut dead.
1857, Herman Melville, chapter XXXIV, in The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unscrupulously | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unscrupulously | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Translations (3)
el αδίστακτα (in an unscrupulous manner) · fi häikäilemättä (in an unscrupulous manner) · fi häikäilemättömästi (in an unscrupulous manner)