Untruly

adv. [OE. untréowlice (UN-¹ 11), = MDu. ontrouwelike (obs. Du. ontrouwelijk), MHG. untriuwelîche, ON. útrúliga (MSw. otrolika, older Da. utrolig).]

  † 1.  Unfaithfully, dishonestly; guilefully, treacherously. Obs.

c. 893.  K. Ælfred, Oros., IV. v. § 5. Agothocles ʓedyde untreowlice wið hiene.

1303.  R. Brunne, Handl. Synne, 1834. She … here wedlak Ful falsly an on-truly brak.

1340.  Ayenb., 44. Huanne me heþ riȝtuolle wyȝtes and riȝtuolle mesures and zelleþ ontreweliche.

c. 1400.  Destr. Troy, 12074. Achilles … with treson in þe temple vntruly was slayn.

1444.  Rolls of Parlt., V. 105/2. The Slayes and Yern therto belangyng, untruly were … wrought.

1495.  Act 11 Hen. VII., c. 24 § 1. Jurrours untruly gevyng ther verdite.

1532–3.  Act 24 Hen. VIII., c. 1 § 1. Great multitude of Hydes … is vntruely in sufficiently and deceyvably tanned.

a. 1548.  Hall, Chron., Hen. V., 78 b. Ye … ought to haue kept your faith and promise, whiche you haue vntruly and vnhonestly broken.

  2.  Incorrectly, falsely.

c. 1380.  Wyclif, Wks. (1880), 430. For þanne … goddis lawe shulde be vntreweliere knowun boþe bi clerkis & bi comyns.

c. 1394.  P. Pl. Crede, 312. Þere we lengeden full longe … For-to all þis freren folke weren founded in townes, And tauȝten vntrulie.

1425.  Paston Lett., I. 19. Johne Wortes, that … affermith hym untrewely to be my cousyn.

c. 1449.  Pecock, Repr., Prol. 4. Whiche summe of the comoun peple vnwijsly and vntreuli iugen and condempnen to be yuele.

a. 1533[?].  Frith, Another Bk. agst. Rastell, C viij b. Now are we come to the fourth erroure where Rastel vntrulye reporteth on me [etc.].

1579.  Fulke, Heskins’ Parl., 438. He would get credite to that whiche is vntruely ascribed to Saint Iames.

1625.  Donne, Serm. (1640), 26. It is … dangerously said,… that it is not absurd to say … that God does sometimes speake untruly.

1839.  Hallam, Hist. Lit., II. cvi. § 8. It was said foolishly … of Shakspeare, and we may be sure untruly, that he never blotted a line.

1864.  Pusey, Lect. Daniel, 122. They allege, even untruly, that he copied the prayer of Nehemiah.

  3.  Inexactly; not in a true course.

1844.  Mardon, Billiards, 107. I cannot recollect a single instance of the balls having run untruly.