Adjective : behavior unworthy of a king. From Dictionary.com.
The whole of the damnatory clause in the exhortation, from the word "unworthily" to "sundry kinds of death," is expunged. From Wordnik.com. [Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada] Reference
It will be noticed that not only is the word "unworthily" omitted, but also the word "Lord's.". From Wordnik.com. [Once a Methodist; Now a Baptist. Why?] Reference
"unworthily," which is an adverb and refers to the. From Wordnik.com. [Once a Methodist; Now a Baptist. Why?] Reference
"unworthily" given up, but such an accusation is entirely groundless. From Wordnik.com. [The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans] Reference
I own to you then that I have acted very unworthily by Miss. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
'Life of Robertson' which will not unworthily compare with Dean. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series] Reference
New England may be seized with a like madness, and unworthily aspire to. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
These collaborations were mentioned not unworthily beside the sunsets of. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
"You have deceived me unworthily by your pretended kindness," interrupted. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I think, with regard to her, they have acted as imprudently as unworthily. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
I have no doubt justly, gives him credit for, should be so unworthily employed. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 39, July 27, 1850] Reference
We should have acted unworthily had we evaded our obligation by a mere feint of resistance. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915] Reference
"To some mothers the blue tent of heaven would alone suffice," I said -- perhaps unworthily. From Wordnik.com. [On the Stairs] Reference
How unworthily do my brother and sister, who are afraid that the favour I was so lately in. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
Never was wretched cause so ably led, never were such splendid talents so unworthily employed. From Wordnik.com. [The Colored Regulars in the United States Army] Reference
No one ever heard him call an opponent a name or knew him unworthily to take advantage of an opponent. From Wordnik.com. [Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him] Reference
I say not this to induce any one to approach unworthily, but to engage all to render yourselves worthy. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the. From Wordnik.com. [An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism] Reference
He said that recently I had spoken so strongly about the danger of receiving it unworthily that he was afraid. From Wordnik.com. [Missionary Work Among the Ojebway Indians] Reference
But those who receive or minister unworthily, are deprived of the fruit, as was said above (A. 7; Q. 80, A. 4). From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
Christ's body unworthily; whence we are taught what need there is to beware of receiving a good thing evilly. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
Nor ought this to be an indifferent point to one, for whose sake all the world reports me to be used unworthily. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
She was of the utilitarian school, and could not bear to see anything go to waste, or anything unworthily bestowed. From Wordnik.com. [A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren] Reference
For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 53: 1 Corinthians The Challoner Revision] Reference
And owing to that ingratitude, "what is good became evil to him, as happens to them who receive Christ's body unworthily.". From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
But, circumstanced as I am, treated as I have been, unworthily treated, by a man who is full of contrivances, and glories in them —. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
If one having a little skill turn it unworthily away from the good and true work he might do, then he does not use rightly his one talent. From Wordnik.com. [Music Talks with Children] Reference
He unworthily adds that, if it cannot be united under the old Constitution, it must be under a new one -- in other words, under that of the Confederacy. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
A new generation of little maidens is springing up around us, are they, too, destined to follow the beaten track their elders have trodden so unworthily?. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
A thoroughly high-minded woman will not be likely to marry unworthily, and she may be trusted to meet the problems that rise after marriage in a worthy manner. From Wordnik.com. [Girls and Women] Reference
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