unlawlike

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ lawlike.

Adjective

unlawlike (comparative more unlawlike, superlative most unlawlike)

1. (obsolete) Not according to law; illegal.

   Synonym: unlawful

   • 1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC:

     It being therefore most unlike a law , to ordain a remedy so slender and unlawlike , to be the utmost means of all public safety or prevention , as advice is , which may at any time be rejected by the sole judgment of one man

References

• “unlawlike”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.