adv. [UN-1 11.] In an unthrifty manner; prodigally; † dissolutely.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., B. 267. Þay … controeued agayn kynde contrare werkez, & vsed hem vn-þryftyly vchon on oþer.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Can. Yeom. Prol. & T., 893. If a man wole aske hem pryuely, Why they been clothed so vnthriftily.
1493. Festivall, 53/2. Truly to laboure & not to slombre & slepe slewffully & vnthryftely.
1509. Barclay, Shyp of Folys, b ij b. Some thynkinge them self moch wyse & commendable Thoughe al theyr dayes they lyue vnthryftely.
1571. Golding, Calvin on Ps. xxxvi. 8. The ungodly ronne ryot unthriftely in their oune wickednes.
1605. Willet, Hexapla Gen., 436. All such as spend their time vnthriftily.
1697. Collier, Ess. Mor. Subj., II. Pref. Our Attainments cannot be over-large; and yet we manage a narrow Fortune, very Vnthriftily.
1909. Firth, Last Years Protectorate, I. 8. As to the ways and means, it was true that the nation was overwhelmed in debt, but the government had not managed the treasury unthriftily.
