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welcomely, adv.|ˈwɛlkəmlɪ|
[-ly2.]
In a welcome manner. a. With an expression or feeling of welcome; gladly, hospitably.
a1595Southwell Hundred Medit. (1873) 510, I shall..find the gates..wide open, and..shall be welcomely received. 1631Gouge God's Arrows v. §16. 428 Amitie with such Kingdomes will be earnestly desired, and welcomely embraced. 1649J. Taylor (Water P.) Wand. Wonders West 9 There I stayd till the next day noone, being well and wellcomely entertained. 1693W. Freke Sel. Ess., Art of War 259 Such an Army [Militia] You may easily Disband..and, euery Man knowing his home is Welcomely receiued. 1776in J. Rae Adam Smith (1895) 26 [In a letter of 22nd May 1776..the Glasgow Senatus tell the Master and Fellows of Balliol plainly that the Scotch students had never been] ‘welcomely received’ [at Balliol]. 1822T. Chalmers Mem. (1850) II. xiv. 359, I have been very kindly and welcomely entertained. 1884Westmorland Gaz. 1 Nov. 5/6 Both were welcomely received by the husband's daughter.
b. In a manner that is welcomed; so as to gratify or please.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. iv. 112 The same we meet with in Juvenal, who by an handsome and metricall expression more welcomely engrafts it in our junior memories. 1818Lady Morgan Autobiog. (1859) 100 The interesting guest who so unexpectedly, but so welcomely arrived. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. x. v. (1873) III. 258 His Portrait (a welcomely good one, still to be found there). 1874Daily News 22 May 5 Upon all the sun shone most welcomely. |