Obs. [UN-1 7: cf. OE. unefenlic various, diverse.]
1. Incomparable.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 410. Þeo blisse þet he ȝerkeð ham … is unefenlich to alle worldes blissen.
2. Unequal; ill-matched.
c. 1425. Eng. Conq. Irel., 30. Reymond & hys men—thogh they fewe wer, they wer nat feynt—with vneuenly host wenten out & assembled wyth ham.
1513. Douglas, Æneid, XII. iv. 147. This ilk bargane Semyng … To be ane rycht onevynly [v.r. vneuinly] interprys.
3. Uneven; not level.
1683. J. Reid, Scots Gard’ner, I. iii. 11. Though the ground be unevenly, yet you must hold the chain level.
