ill-advisedly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English ill-advised

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English ill-advisedly

From ill-advised + -ly.

Adverb

ill-advisedly (comparative more ill-advisedly, superlative most ill-advisedly)

1. In an ill-advised manner.
   • 1922 February 3 [a. 1918?], Jane Barlow, “Exiles at Lisconnel”, in The Wells Journal; Somerset & West of England Advertiser; […], volume LXXII, number 5, Wells, Somerset, page [6], column 2:

     Then somebody told him that much nearer Dublin was a seaport whence he could sooner and cheaplier embark for Italy, and in ill-advisedly trying to reach Queenstown he did indeed go helplessly astray.

Synonyms

• inadvisedly
• unadvisedly
• unwisely

Translations

in an ill-advised manner