unˈsoundly, adv.
[un-1 11.]
† 1. So as to do hurt or harm; injuriously. Obs.
| 13.. E.E. Allit. P. B. 201 Ne neuer so sodenly soȝt [God] vn-soundely to weng, As for fylþe of þe flesch þat foles han vsed. 13.. Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1438 Þenne þay beten on þe buskez, & bede hym vp ryse, & he vnsoundyly out soȝt seggez ouer-þwert. |
2. In an unsound or unsolid manner.
| 1594 Hooker Eccl. Pol. Pref. viii. §1 All such partes of the word of God..no lesse unsoundly taught and interpreted by all authorized English pastors, then by antichrists factors themselues. 1611 Cotgr., Insolidement, vnsoundly, vnsolidely,..feebly. 1668 H. More Div. Dial. ii. v. 195 If it were notable to bear such small Fillips, it would be a sign that things hung very crazily and unsoundly together. 1828–32 Webster s.v., He sleeps unsoundly. 1851 Mansel Proleg. Log. i. 2 That it is possible to transgress those [mental] laws, or to think unsoundly. |