unbiddenly

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UK/ʌnˈbɪdənli/

adverb

Without having been asked or invited.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adverbunbiddenly (comparative more unbiddenly, superlative most unbiddenly)

comparative more unbiddenly · superlative most unbiddenly

  1. Without having been asked or invited.

    He seemed to take to me quite as naturally and unbiddenly as I to him; and when our smoke was over, he pressed his forehead against mine, clasped me round the waist, and said that henceforth we were married [...].

    1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 10”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Origin

From unbidden + -ly.

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APA

unbiddenly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbiddenly

MLA

“unbiddenly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbiddenly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbiddenly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbiddenly.

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