Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an unfitting manner; improperly.
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- adverb In a way that is not
fitting ;inappropriately ;unsuitably .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thus fear can be unfittingly directed at something that isn't really dangerous, or fittingly directed at something that is.
Envy D'Arms, Justin 2009
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Therefore right is unfittingly divided into natural and positive.
The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997
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Therefore justice is unfittingly defined as being a will.
The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997
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It would seem that lawyers have unfittingly defined justice as being βthe perpetual and constant will to render to each one his right.β
The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997
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They were slow steps, heavy steps, the nailed boots unfittingly loud on the ancient stones.
Sharpe's Havoc Cornwell, Bernard 2003
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The men, Lieutenant Michael Trumper-Jones thought, grinned most unfittingly for ` such a solemn moment, then he saw why.
Sharpe's Honour Cornwell, Bernard 1985
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Not unfittingly we may conclude our criticism of his plays with his own description of his art, given in the first prologue to _Sapho and Phao_.
The Growth of English Drama Arnold Wynne
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Matthew unfittingly gives the last place to the temptation to covetousness on the mountain, and the second place to the temptation to vainglory in the Temple, especially since Luke puts them in the reverse order.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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Objection 1: It would seem that Christ worked miracles unfittingly on irrational creatures.
Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Aquinas Thomas
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"Rubbish!" he ejaculated; and I felt that a word fitly spoken -- or perhaps unfittingly -- was rebuked.
On the Stairs Henry B. Fuller
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