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1653.  H. More, Conject. Cabbal. (1713), 203. He has unbecomingly and indiscreetly ventured out of his own Sphere.

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1742.  Richardson, Pamela, IV. 231. A Gentleman would not attempt to penetrate unbecomingly, thro’ the Disguises that a Lady thinks proper to assume.

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1749.  Chesterf., Lett., 7 Feb. (1774), I. 393. What Cicero, very absurdly and unbecomingly for a Philosopher, says with regard to Plato.

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1843.  Bethune, Sc. Fireside Stor., 99. For one so near her grave,… I must confess I have acted unbecomingly.

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1876.  T. Hardy, Ethelberta, xlviii. Why did you come so mysteriously, and, I must say, unbecomingly?

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