| 释义 |
touchingly, adv.|ˈtʌtʃɪŋlɪ|
[f. touching ppl. a. + -ly2.]
In a touching manner; so as to touch the feelings; affectingly, pathetically.
1717Garth Ovid's Met. Pref., This last fable shows how touchingly the poet argues in love affairs, as well as those of Medea and Scylla. 1824Examiner 246/2 Sympathy..makes the scene tell more touchingly. 1884Queen Victoria More Leaves 210 He prayed most touchingly for me.
So ˈtouchingness, touching or affecting quality, pathos.
a1750A. Hill Wks. (1753) II. 355 He..charm'd me infinitely..by a peculiar touchingness, in cadency of voice. 1823Examiner 411/1 Her medium notes have a touchingness about them which is not common. 1841Fraser's Mag. XXIII. 315 To..prove The simple touchingness of Morn. 1876G. Meredith Beauch. Career II. v. 79 Beauchamp had the history..recounted to him, with a mixture of Gallic irony, innuendo, openness, touchingness, ridicule, and charity novel to his ears. |