Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an unblamable manner; so as to incur no blame. 1 Thesis. ii. 10. Also spelled
unblameably .
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- adverb Alternative spelling of
unblameably .
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Examples
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But if this may not be, and we are ashamed by reason of custom to live unblamably, let us at least sin with discretion.
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Archbishop as “a gentleman of very good learning and sense, who has behaved himself altogether unblamably.”
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That now in his old age he should be personally summoned, who in all the foregoing time of his life hath demeaned himself so unblamably in the discharge of the office and vocation he had been called unto, it cannot assuredly be that such a change hath happened without some notorious misfortune and disaster.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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That now in his old age he should be personally summoned, who in all the foregoing time of his life hath demeaned himself so unblamably in the discharge of the office and vocation he had been called unto, it cannot assuredly be that such a change hath happened without some notorious misfortune and disaster.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblamably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: as ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, that ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
1 Thessalonians 2. 1999
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Scarcely any parish where there are not some visibly appearing, of all ages, sexes, and conditions, fearing God, and walking unblamably with a right foot, as beseemeth the gospel; though in some places they are but like the berries after the shaking of an olive-tree.
The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968
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Answer — In performing, doing, and keeping inviolate all the commands and institutions of Jesus Christ, walking unblamably and fruitfully in the world, holding forth the word of truth, and glorifying the Lord Christ in and by the profession of his name, and keeping his testimony unto the end.
A Brief Instruction in the Worship of God 1616-1683 1965
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To convince Aunt Pike that her presence and care were absolutely unnecessary was the one great aim and object which now filled them all, and as a means to this end their first idea was to dress, act, and talk as correctly and unblamably as boys and girls could.
Kitty Trenire Mabel Quiller-Couch 1895
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They are bidden, no doubt, in these words to remember as well "how" that truth itself came, that they might receive it; with what demonstration of the Spirit and of power from the lips of those ambassadors of Christ, whoever they may have been, who first brought it to Sardis; how holily, how unblamably these went in and out among them.
Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia. 1807-1886 1863
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I know not whether greater relaxation may not he indulged, and whether hope as well as gratitude may not unblamably produce a dedication; but let the writer who pours out his praises only to propitiate power, or attract the attention of greatness, be cautious lest his desire betray him to exuberant eulogies.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II Samuel Johnson 1746
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