▪ I. unˈcouthly, a.
[f. uncouth a.]
Awkward.
| 1821 Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 19 A more uncouthly lout was hardly seen Beneath the shroud of ignorance than he. |
▪ II. unˈcouthly, adv.
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In a strange, unfamiliar, or uncouth manner.
| c 900 Laws K. ælfred c. 47 (Liebermann), Þam elðeodeᵹan & utancumenan ne læt ðu no uncuðlice wið hine. c 1200 Ormin 14341 Þatt he spacc till hiss moderr þær Þuss unncuþliȝ wiþþ worde. a 1300 Cursor M. 4818 Cuth þai wit him na kything tak, And vncuthli to þam he spak. ? a 1366 Chaucer Rom. Rose 584 She hadde no thought..but if it were oonly To graythe hir wel and vncouthly. 1423 Jas. I Kingis Q. ix, Is non estate nor age Ensured, more the prince nor than the page: So vncouthly hir werdes sche deuidith. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 511/1 Vncowthly, extranee. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) II. 396 Out throw the horne ilkone that tyme tha spak Richt vncouthlie, and with sic awfull sound. 1703 Rowe Fair Penit. v. i. H iij, What Charnel has been rifl'd for these Bones? Fye! this is Pageantry; they look uncouthly. 1777 Sheridan Sch. Scand., Portrait 50 She,..Not stiff with prudence, nor uncouthly wild. 1784 Cowper Task iv. 276 The shadow..Dancing uncouthly to the quiv'ring flame. 1834 J. Foster Ess. Evils Pop. Ignorance 246 These are still further and most uncouthly confounded by the admixture of the ancient heathen notion of fate. 1881 Fowler Bacon 160 What are, somewhat uncouthly, called the Idealists, the Materialists, and the Dualists. |