unsparingly en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English unsparing Middle English -ly English -ly English unsparingly From unsparing + -ly.
Meanings
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In an unsparing manner.
But when Boshy's ill-spelt, hopeful letters came, her heart charged her unsparingly, though her carefully school-dictated replies to him were destined to contain no hint of failure.
1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 205:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unsparingly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unsparingly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |