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unrighteously

  • a word derived from unrighteous.
    unrighteous
    adjective
    not righteous; not upright or virtuous; wicked; sinful; evil.

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Along with' Harry Hopkins he damned Tommy Corcoran, Congressman Maury Maverick of Texas, Homer Martin of the C.I.O. and Communist Earl Browder as other non-lowans who had unrighteously butted in by endorsing Mr. Wearin.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Wolf, standing at a safe distance, exclaimed: "You have unrighteously taken from me that which was mine."

From Aesop's Fables A New Revised Version From Original Sources by Harrison Weir

Fie on that wretched Yudhishthira who tolerated the head of one unrighteously struck down in battle to be touched with the foot!

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

Righteously or unrighteously, this kingdom hath now become ours.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

Alas, how could the wretched and mean Vrikodara unrighteously strike thee down, thee that wert conversant with every rule of righteousness!

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Kisari Mohan Ganguli