unˈpiteously, adv.
[un-1 11.]
† 1. Impiously, wickedly. Obs.
| 1382 Wyclif Prov. xii. 2 Who forsothe trostith in his thoȝtis, vnpitously [L. impie] doth. ― 2 Pet. ii. 6 Puttinge ensaumple of hem that weren to doynge yuel, or vnpitously. |
2. Pitilessly; unmercifully.
| 1390 Gower Conf. (1901) II. 470 He yit nevere unpitously Ayein the liges of his lond..Thurgh cruelte vengaunce soghte. 1502 Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) ii. xvii. 130 Y⊇ darte y{supt} the deuyll casteth subtylly, & ryght unpytuously. 1513 Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 3465 Whiche danes..Punysshed vnpiteously all this region With a wofull plage of great crudelite. a 1856 Sir W. Hamilton (Imp. Dict.), Oxford..so unpiteously cramming her alumni with the shells alone. |