Definitions

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  • adverb Without having been asked or invited.

Etymologies

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From unbidden +‎ -ly.

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Examples

  • Return unto the science fictional midden from whence thou didst most unbiddenly spring, varlets!

    Fantasy Challenge #3: The Blade Itself, Joe Abercrombie « It Doesn't Have To Be Right… 2010

  • He was puzzled by something concealed in the mother's tone, and pained and deeply anxious to restore the peaceful charm of the home into which he had, in a sense, unbiddenly penetrated.

    The Tyranny of the Dark Hamlin Garland 1900

  • He seemed to take to me quite as naturally and unbiddenly as

    Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855

  • 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; meaning, in his country's phrase, that we were bosom friends; he would gladly die for me, if need should be.

    Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855

  • 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; meaning, in his country's phrase, that we were bosom friends; he would gladly die for me, if need should be.

    Moby-Dick, or, The Whale 1851

  • 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; meaning, in his country’s phrase, that we were bosom friends; he would gladly die for me, if need should be.

    Moby Dick; or the Whale 2002

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