ungovernably

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ungovernable +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

ungovernably (comparative more ungovernably, superlative most ungovernably)

  1. In an ungovernable manner.
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 286:
      Fascinated, she stood shaken ungovernably by its horrible suggestiveness, while above and about her the trees shivered meaningly.