unmeetly

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word unmeetly. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word unmeetly, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say unmeetly in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word unmeetly you have here. The definition of the word unmeetly will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofunmeetly, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From unmeet +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

Adverb

unmeetly (comparative more unmeetly, superlative most unmeetly)

  1. In an unmeet way; unbecomingly.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      they met / With a faire Mayden clad in mourning weed, / Upon a mangy jade unmeetely set []
    • 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 3, page 28:
      Yet there are noble passages in his later poems: and even the latest have their own peculiar charm of serenity and kindliness,—a tranquil sunset, as it were, succeeding not unmeetly to the fiery splendours of his noontide course.