unlearnedly

adv

unlearnedly

adv

Etymology From unlearned + -ly.

1

In an unlearned manner.

  • And those Affectators of Variety seem equally ridiculous, who, when they have spoken barbarously once, repeat the same Thing much more barbarously; and then over and over again much more unlearnedly.1878, N. Bailey., Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I.:
  • Better far for such victims had they, instead of aspiring to the vanities of a "classical education," sat, like Keats, unlearnedly at the feet of quaint Chapman, or Dryden, or even of Mr. Pope.1892, Charles Lamb, The Best Letters of Charles Lamb:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.