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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unhandsom(e)ly, Unhansumlie, adv. [e.m.E. vnhansumlye (1545), vnhandsomelie (1548).] a. Unskilfully; inefficiently. b. Unfittingly; uncivilly. c. In an unseemly manner, unbecomingly. —a. 1649 Laing MSS 250.
Busines is so unhansumlie caried on that I can do litell or nothing in it —b. 1659-60 A. Hay Diary 41.
Mr. John Rae had disappointed me of a bargane … very unhandsomely 1704 Edinb. Univ. Chart. 160.
Nether use unhandsomly [or] uncivily these who enter or pass —c. 1676 S. Leith Rec. 134/2.
The pillorie for publict repentance being unhandsomely open before below the thesaurer is this day ordained to cause cover it with a daill or two
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