un-Puritanically

comparative more un-Puritanically · superlative most un-Puritanically

1. alternativeAlternative form of unpuritanically.

   Jonathan, greatly disappointed by the loss of his love, was angered with his brother, and very un-Puritanically meditated revenge.

   1896 October, Clifton S. Hunsicker, “Simon Cory: A Tale of a Pioneer Druggist”, in The California Druggist: A Monthly Journal Devoted to the Interests of the Retail Druggist, volume V, number 10, Los Angeles, Calif., page 5, column 2

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   There speaks out the true Puritan of two centuries ago; but it reads strangely, as it stands in close juxtaposition with the other passage wherein he minutely recounts the Pearl Necklace, Gold Watch, and Diamond Rings, which he had so recently (and so un-Puritanically) bestowed upon his new wife.

   1875, Peter Alfred Taylor, editor, Some Account of the Taylor Family (Originally Taylard), London: […], page 58

   He began his ministerial career by taking on himself to supply the place of a brother collegian, the Puritan minister in charge of Littlington, near Royston, who, most un-Puritanically, was often incapacitated by drink from performing his duties.

   1910, Edward Conybeare, Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely, London: Macmillan and Co., […], page 288

   The wainscoted chapel was, in Hacket’s opinion, ‘the only room that was too little’—it was only about 21 feet long, almost square, and most un-Puritanically adorned with rich carving and with pictures.

   1938, B[arbara] Dew Roberts, Mitre & Musket: John Williams, Lord Keeper, Archbishop of York, 1582–1650, London; New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, page 122

   Whether it be the traditional turkey stuffed very un-Puritanically with a pilaf of exotic suggestion; or fabulous pheasant trimmed with herbed wild rice and slivered almonds; or (most taste-tantalizing of all, perhaps) roast duck mellowed in a deliciously different stuffing of sauerkraut and apples—whatever bird you choose, your feast will be a noble one and your whole family will be thankful that you read the Journal!

   1959 October, Ladies’ Home Journal, volume LXXVI, number 10, page 94

   Williams, who un-Puritanically reiterated that music was a gift of God, sang from Ainsworth’s psalter both in Plymouth and Salem.

   1966, Cyclone Covey, The Gentle Radical: A Biography of Roger Williams, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Collier-Macmillan Limited, →LCCN, page 62