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
But even supposing that she were a boy, with the inheritance still ours, do you think I would mate her so unworthily?
From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
"I should esteem life itself not unworthily sacrificed," said Mr. Ward, "if by word or deed, I could aid the banks in adhering faithfully to their duty."
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe
He had sailed from Helgeness in one of the freebooter's pirate-ships, giving them the assurance that he should soon prove he had not received the golden spurs unworthily.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
Your son Martsian has acted unworthily with Panna Anulka, not in human fashion, and not as a noble; he has acted altogether with infamy.
From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
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