unexˈceptionably, adv.
[un-1 11.]
1. In an unexceptionable manner; beyond criticism or objection.
| 1662 H. More Antidote agst. Atheism vi. 58 Wee'l betake our selves to..what is more unexceptionably stringent and forcing. 1718 Free-thinker No. 141 (1733) III. 178 It is very rare to find a Glass, that does Justice unexceptionably to Objects, in every nice Circumstance. 1740 Richardson Pamela II. 328 It will not be an easy Task to behave unexceptionably to him. 1827 Southey Hist. Penins. War II. 626 The Junta of Cadiz had obtained their power unexceptionably. 1859 Geo. Eliot A. Bede xvii, Let all people who hold unexceptionable opinions act unexceptionably. |
2. = unexceptionally adv.
| 1719 J. T. Phillips tr. Thirty-four Confer. 89 All your Religious Women who assist at the Performances of Pagod Ceremonies, are unexceptionably great Whores. 1799 Monthly Rev. XXX. 507 Such is not unexceptionably the character of all treatises; such ill consequences do not obtain universally. 1806 Bloomfield Wild Flowers 106 It has generally and almost unexceptionably appeared a subject of little promise. |