English edit

Etymology edit

From unwonted +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʊnˈwoʊnt.ɪd.li/
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Adverb edit

unwontedly (comparative more unwontedly, superlative most unwontedly)

  1. Unusually.
    • 1820, Walter Scott, chapter 6, in Ivanhoe[1]:
      “Knowest thou,” said the Jester, “my good friend Gurth, that thou art strangely courteous and most unwontedly pious on this summer morning? []
    • 1917, Edward Thomas, “Adlestrop”, in Poems, London: Selwyn & Blount, page 40:
      Yes. I remember Adlestrop—
      The name, because one afternoon
      Of heat the express-train drew up there
      Unwontedly. It was late June.

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