adv. (UN-1 11; cf. prec.)
1606. Bp. Hall, Medit. & Vows, I. lvi. 63. If hee die suddainly, yet hee dies not vnpreparedly.
1684. J. Goodman, Old Relig., II. vi. 319. It seems far the more pardonable to come, though somewhat unpreparedly, than not to come because of unpreparedness.
1780. S. J. Pratt, Emma Corbett (ed. 4), I. 194. She hath an affecting trick of … shedding tears, which burst upon one so unpreparedly, that [etc.].
1825. J. Neal, Bro. Jonathan, II. 134. We are like the young waterfowl,… launched upon their natural … element, unpreparedly.
1857. Gen. P. Thompson, Audi Alt., I. xxxiv. 131. There is such a thing as going into danger with a full knowledge of where the danger lies, and there is doing it blindly and unpreparedly.
