What does ungoodly mean?
Ungoodly means (obsolete) Bad; wicked; unhandsome..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete) Bad; wicked; unhandsome..
No man that is a bastarde or hath had ii wyves or hath a mahayme or a blemysshe that maketh him ungoodly shall take orders.
[…] and the said Comyssarye beyng in that case the Kyngs lawfull officer for the kepyng of his peace, causid his dagger to be takyn from hym, and for his ungoodly maner so then usid to the Comyssarye did send hym to prison, as he myght doo by vertue of the said chartors, […]
So farre vnſemyng is it, that any membre of the body ſhould be deſpiſed, that rather contrarie wyſe, ſuche as ſeme imperfiter partes of the body, vpon them, as neceſſarie, haue we a ſpeciall care: and ſuche, as in comen eſtimacion are thought partes of leſſe honeſtie, to them outwardly we geue great honour: and ſuche as ſeme vngoodly, to them ioyne we ſome comly veſture, with our diligence recompenſyng that, whiche elſwyſe ſemeth vnperfite, knowyng well, that by the vncomlyneſſe of any parte, the whole body is diſwurſhypped.
This is yᵉ goodly Godlye Catholyke doctrine, wherwith the vngoodly vngodly Papiſtes infecte the mindes of ſuch Chriſtians, as are ſimple and light of belief, yea, wherwith they caſte the ſoules of all ſuche, as put their confidence and truſt in theſe pylde, begarly, and louſy ceremonyes, into euerlaſtyng damnation.
[…]the remnaunt toke his ſervauntꝭ and intreated them vngoodly and ſlewe thẽ.
And good thinges vngoodlye vſed, are not good, ſayeth an honorable biſhoppe in an erneſter matter then this is: yet we muſte beware that we laye not mennes faultes vpõ the thing which is not worthie, for ſo nothing ſhulde be good.
Use ungoodly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ungoodly means (obsolete) Bad; wicked; unhandsome..
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No man that is a bastarde or hath had ii wyves or hath a mahayme or a blemysshe that maketh him ungoodly shall take orders.
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