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unshamefully en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Germanic *skamō Proto-West Germanic *skamu Old English sċamu Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Old English sċeomfull Middle English schameful English shameful English unshameful Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English unshamefully From unshameful + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In an unshameful manner.
    • These women become "prudish" when their weight increases, but when skeletal feel that they can unshamefully display their bodies. Clearly, then, this is not a disease characterized by the desire to be attractive to others. 2017, Jeffery Sobal, Weighty Issues: Fatness and Thinness as Social Problems, page 148:

Forms

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more unshamefully Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most unshamefully Degree=Sup lexicographic