adv. [UN-1 11.] Ungratefully.

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a. 1470.  Harding, Chron., CXXXIII. i. He awnswered hym full vnthankefully.

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1531.  Elyot, Gov., III. ii. The riches that he hym selfe gaue hym, whiche the other unthankefully dothe attribute to his owne fortune.

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1577.  trans. Bullinger’s Decades, 285/2. Such as do vnthankfully abuse the benefites … of their good God.

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c. 1620.  Moryson, Itin., IV. V. iii. (1903), 475. This all experienced strangers doe confesse, but they vnthanckfully misconceaue the cause.

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1697.  Verdicts conc. Virgil & Homer, v. 21. If these shipwrackt Banditti came sneakingly to Carthage, they go from it as unthankfully.

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1814.  Wordsw., Excursion, IV. 479. You judge unthankfully; distempered nerves Infect the thoughts.

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1848.  Dickens, Dombey, xlvii. A stubborn disposition … unthankfully indulged in.

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