unadvisedly

English

Etymology

From unadvised +‎ -ly or un- +‎ advised +‎ -ly.

Adverb

unadvisedly (comparative more unadvisedly, superlative most unadvisedly)

  1. In an unadvised manner.
    • 1847 September, “Prejudices of Physicians. [From the New York Mail, edited by Park Benjamin.]”, in The Western Medical Reformer, and Eclectic Journal, volume I, number 2 (whole 74), Cincinnati, Oh., page 33:
      In wishing to indicate our contempt for such men, we have perhaps leaned unadvisedly to the contrary side and viewed with favor the pretensions of empirical and self-laudating ignoramuses.

Usage notes

Of the synonyms inadvisedly and unadvisedly, only the un- form is entered in most major dictionaries.

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