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  † 1.  So as to do hurt or harm; injuriously. Obs.

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13[?].  E. E. Allit. P., B. 201. Ne neuer so sodenly soȝt [God] vn-soundely to weng, As for fylþe of þe flesch þat foles han vsed.

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13[?].  Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 1438. Þenne þay beten on þe buskez, & bede hym vp ryse, & he vnsoundyly out soȝt seggez ouer-þwert.

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  2.  In an unsound or unsolid manner.

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1594.  Hooker, Eccl. Pol., Pref. viii. § 1. All such partes of the word of God … no lesse unsoundly taught and interpreted by all authorized English pastors, then by antichrists factors themselues.

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1611.  Cotgr., Insolidement, vnsoundly, vnsolidely,… feebly.

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1668.  H. More, Div. Dial., II. v. 195. If it were notable to bear such small Fillips, it would be a sign that things hung very crazily and unsoundly together.

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1828–32.  Webster s.v., He sleeps unsoundly.

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1851.  Mansel, Proleg. Log., i. (1860), 2. That it is possible to transgress those [mental] laws, or to think unsoundly.

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