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Webster 1913 Edition
Unduly
Un-du′ly
,adv.
In an undue manner.
Webster 1828 Edition
Unduly
UNDU'LY
,adv.
1.
Not according to duty or propriety.2.
Not in proper proportion; excessively. His strength was unduly exerted.Definition 2024
unduly
unduly
English
Adverb
unduly (comparative more unduly, superlative most unduly)
- Undeservedly, not warranted.
- The speaker unduly criticized his opponent and later apologized for this.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
- The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess:
- It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.
Translations
undeservedly, not warranted
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