unillustriously
English edit
Etymology edit
unillustrious + -ly
Adverb edit
unillustriously (comparative more unillustriously, superlative most unillustriously)
- In a way that is not illustrious.
- 1961, A. C. Ward, Illustrated History of English Literature, page 22:
- Knighted unillustriously among a horde of some three hundred others in the accession honours of 1603, he was subsequently well compensated by being made Baron Verulam […]