unworthily
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Remodeled by the modern mind, This old hangover, shaped and shined, Is wined and dined with great formality, And most unworthily defined As Rugged Individuality.
From Time Magazine Archive
He knew that he was taking the news unworthily; that he was playing a poor part.
From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.
Dwelling in holy innocence and deep humility among men, he saw himself mirrored in the eternal world, and the eternal world not all unworthily reflected back in him.
From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland
Even then, on the shores of those far lakes, the title of 'Poet'—however in that instance unworthily bestowed—bespoke a kind and distinguished welcome for its wearer.
From Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier by Severance, Frank H.
A somewhat free translation has been necessary, in order to render in English the equivalent to German mediæval language; but I trust that the sense and meaning have been faithfully, however unworthily, rendered.
From Matelda and the Cloister of Hellfde Extracts from the Book of Matilda of Magdeburg by Magdeburg, Matilda of
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