Show Search Results Show Browse
A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1586
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
(Unhumanly,) Unhumanlie, adv. [17th c. Eng. unhumanly (1663); Unhumane adj.] Inhumanly, savagely. — 1586 Reg. Privy C. IV 118.
The said Jonnett … maist cruellie and unhumanlie invadit and persewit hir
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Unhumanly adv.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/unhumanly>
