Meanings
adjectiveunlawlike (comparative more unlawlike, superlative most unlawlike)
comparative more unlawlike · superlative most unlawlike
- obsoleteNot according to law; illegal.
It being therefore most unlike a law , to ordain a remedy so slender and unlawlike , to be the utmost means of all public safety or prevention , as advice is , which may at any time be rejected by the sole judgment of one man
1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLCSynonyms: unlawful
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot according to law; illegal.
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unlawlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlawlike
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“unlawlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlawlike. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unlawlike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unlawlike.
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