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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Ungrately, -lie, adv. Also: ungratly, -lie, ongraetlye. [e.m.E. vngrately (1548).]

1. Ungratefully. = Ingratefully adv. 1599 Acts IV 187/1.
That … the worthy actionis of his hienes … cousinges sall not be forȝett nor vngratelie and vnthankfullie rememberit 1600-1610 Melvill 3.
Forsamikle as the corruption of man is readie nocht onlie ungratlie to forget the benefittes of God [etc.] 1611-57 Mure Dido & Æneas ii 412.
A woman … My mariage most vngrately hath disdain'd a1658 Durham Clavis Cantici 262.
He stands … without, she within; He calls friendly; she ungrately shifts it 1686 Mackenzie Observ. (1687) 377.
Which tends most ungrately to take from the King a part of that which himself gave freely

2. Unkindly, cruelly.(a) 1604-31 Craig i 19/29.
No more can we thinke dread Leige though thou be gone Thou will vngratly leaue vs thus disconsolat allone(b) 1601 Cal. Sc. P. XIII 830 (see Ungrate adj. 1 (1) superl. (b)).
Ongraetlye