adv. Obs. [f. UNRULY a.]
1. Immoderately.
c. 1445. Pecock, Donet, 98. Liȝinessis,… whanne þei ben vnmesurably and vnreulili aȝens doom of resoun. Ibid. (c. 1456), Bk. Faith (1909), 109. Manye of the lay peple whiche … attenden over unreulili to the Bible.
2. In an unruly or disorderly manner.
1549. Cheke, Hurt Sedit. (1569), D ij. Ye … vnrulilye haue ruled, where ye listed to commaund.
1561. T. Norton, Calvin’s Inst., II. ii. 11 b. Wylde horses whyche … dooe range vnrulyly [1587 vnruledly] and wythout measure.
1571. Golding, Calvin on Ps. lvi. 8. The ungodly have unrulily roysted without let.
1690. C. Nesse, O. & N. Test., I. 312. Evil concupiscence … groweth unrulily headstrong.
