unˈholily, adv.
(un-1 7. Cf. unholy a.)
| 1561 T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iii. 221 So is it vnlawfull that it be vnholily profaned by the vncleannesse of the inhabitantes. 1619 W. Sclater Exp. 1 Thess. 439 Men of corrupt mindes,..if they be elected,..shall be saued, how euer holily, or vnholily they liue. 1647 J. Vicars Coleman-st. Conclave Visited B ij b, The sad..breach, which is..most unholily made by..Sectaries. 1754 Edwards Freed. Will iv. ii, It is impossible for Him to act unrighteously and un⁓holily. 1898 Advance (Chicago) 16 June 808/2 Before their imaginations were unholily stirred by these pages. |