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unwontedly en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ʊnˈwoʊnt.ɪd.li/

Etymology

From unwonted + -ly.

Meanings

1. Unusually.
   • Yes. I remember Adlestrop— The name, because one afternoon Of heat the express-train drew up there Unwontedly. It was late June. 1917, Edward Thomas, “Adlestrop”, in Poems, London: Selwyn & Blount, page 40:
   • “Knowest thou,” said the Jester, “my good friend Gurth, that thou art strangely courteous and most unwontedly pious on this summer morning? […]” 1820, Walter Scott, chapter 6, in Ivanhoe:

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unwonted · wontedly