A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1450-1452, 1585
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Ungraciously, -gratiouslye, adv. [ME and e.m.E. vngratiously (Manning), vngraciouslich (Piers Plowman); Graciously adv.] a. Severely, injuriously. b. Rudely, discourteously. —a. c1450-2 Howlat 840 (A).
I am vngraciously gorrit, baith guttis & gall —b. 1585 Warrender P. (SHS) I 194.
I … having so ungratiouslye keipit silence till I have bene interpelled be your lordshipis lettir
