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unwontedly

adverb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ʊnˈwoʊnt.ɪd.li/

adv

Etymology: From unwonted + -ly.

  1. Unusually.

    “Knowest thou,” said the Jester, “my good friend Gurth, that thou art strangely courteous and most unwontedly pious on this summer morning? […]”

    Yes. I remember Adlestrop— The name, because one afternoon Of heat the express-train drew up there Unwontedly. It was late June.