Definition of Incontinently

1. adv. In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint; -- used esp. of the passions or appetites.

Definition of Incontinently

1. Adverb. In an incontinent manner; without restraint, or without due restraint. ¹

2. Adverb. (archaic) Immediately; at once; forthwith. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Incontinently

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incontinently

incontinence diaper
incontinence of faeces
incontinence of milk
incontinence of pigment
incontinence of urine
incontinence pad
incontinence pads
incontinences
incontinencies
incontinency
incontinentia
incontinentia pigmenti
incontinentia pigmenti achromians
incontinently (current term)
incontracted
incontradictable
incontravertable
incontrollable
incontrovertibility
incontrovertible
incontrovertibleness
incontrovertibly
inconvenience
inconvenience oneself
inconvenienced
inconveniences
inconveniencies
inconveniencing

Literary usage of Incontinently

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Thirty Years' View, Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1856)
"... and the consequent danger to the slave property of the South, and other injuries to the United Stetes, which have been so incontinently reproduced, ..."

2. The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Thomas Jefferson Hogg (1858)
"The Goddess of Reason began incontinently to lecture with fluency and animation. Presently Bysshe quitted his chair, and came and stood before her, ..."

3. The Star Chamber: Notices of the Court and Its Proceedings; with a Few by John Southerden Burn (1870)
"One Driver was suspected of living incontinently with Margaret Beesley and sent some one to commute the penance. The bill however did not state the charge ..."

4. Fifty Years of an Actors̓ Life by John Coleman (1904)
"... and incontinently depart for Scotland—First Glimpse of " Caledonia stern and wild"—First and Last Glimpse of "Scotch Washing"—The Theatre Royal—Messrs. ..."

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