unbiddenly

English

Etymology

From unbidden +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈbɪdənli/

Adverb

unbiddenly (comparative more unbiddenly, superlative most unbiddenly)

1. Without having been asked or invited.
   • 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:

     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 [...].