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unforgivably

adv

Etymology

From unforgivable + -ly.

  1. inherited from *fragebaną✻ — “to give away; give up; release; forgive”
  2. inherited from *frageban✻
  3. inherited from forġiefan — “to forgive, to give”
  4. inherited from foryiven
  5. formed as forgivable — “forgive + -able”
  6. formed as unforgivable — “un- + forgivable”
  7. formed as unforgivably — “unforgivable + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In an unforgivable manner.

    • Mr. Dukakis charged that when it came to advising President Reagan on Iran, Mr. Bush was "disastrously and completely and unforgivably wrong."
    • The astonished Ken Wharfe came by just in time to witness this bizarre spectacle and in an appropriately policemanly manner rebuked the butler for his 'unforgivably disloyal' and 'deeply unprofessional' behaviour.
    • Specifically, and unforgivably, she restarted the Heathrow Third Runway bandwagon, which had been stalled for more than a decade and even declared dead by most commentators.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA