† inˈgrately, adv. Obs.
[f. ingrate a. + -ly2.]
Ungratefully.
| 1581 Satir. Poems Reform. xliii. 110 To his rewarde he [Alcibiades] gat nane vther grace, Ingraitly baneist, to their awin grit skaith. 1585 Jas. I Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 29 Will ye then so ingrately make your pen A slaue to sinne, and serue but fleshly men? 1654 Vilvain Theorem. Theol. ii. 50 Why then doo we not rather magnify his Goodnes and Graces..then ingratly disgrace them? |