unlawlike

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ lawlike.

Adjective

unlawlike (comparative more unlawlike, superlative most unlawlike)

  1. (obsolete) Not according to law; illegal.
    Synonym: unlawful
    • 1649, J Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ  , London: Matthew Simmons, , →OCLC:
      It being therefore most unlike a law , to ordain a remedy so slender and unlawlike , to be the utmost means of all public safety or prevention , as advice is , which may at any time be rejected by the sole judgment of one man

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