ingenuously, adv.
(ɪnˈdʒɛnjuːəslɪ)
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. In an ingenuous manner; honestly, straightforwardly, openly, frankly, candidly; without dissimulation or reserve.
| 1598 B. Jonson Ev. Man in Hum. iv. v, Tell mee, ingenuously, dost thou affect my sister Bridget, as thou pretend'st? 1611 Bible Transl. Pref. 5 Sixtus..and Alphonsus..doe ingenuously confesse as much. 1662 Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. i. ii. § 11 Joseph Scaliger plainly gives out, and ingenuously professeth his ignorance. 1759 Dilworth Pope 47 He ingenuously sent them to him in his own handwriting. 1884 Manch. Exam. 15 Feb. 5/4 He entered upon a rash enterprise, and conducted it not altogether ingenuously. |
† 2. With the education or culture befitting an honourable station; in the liberal arts; liberally.
| 1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade 74 The Female Sex..are less bred ingenuously in England, than in France, Spain, Italy, Germany, and the United Netherlands. 1673 Ess. Educ. Gentlew. 4 Were a competent number of Schools erected to Educate Ladyes ingenuously, methinks I see how asham'd Men would be of their Ignorance. 1674 tr. Scheffer's Lapland 14 Those that are most ingenuously educated in Arts and Letters. |