释义 |
lovelily, adv.|ˈlʌvlɪlɪ| Also 4 luflyly, luuelili, luflely, 5 louelyly, 6 Sc. luuilelie. [f. lovely a. + -ly2.] In a lovely manner; †a. in a loving or friendly manner (obs.); b. in a way to stimulate love; beautifully.
a1300Cursor M. 25582 Suete iesu!..al luuelili þou vs lere þe to luue wit sothfast rede. 1375Barbour Bruce xvii. 315 Thair capitane Tretit thame sa luflely. a1400Morte Arth. 2292 Bot sir Arthure..Laughte hym vpe fulle louelyly with lordlyche knyghttez. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. x. 459 Efter be the burgesses of Edinburgh verie luuilelie, and honorablie was receiuet. 1671H. M. tr. Erasm. Colloq. 245 Moreover, how lovelily do the Graces cling to one another. 1763Churchill Duellist ii. Poems 1769 II. 69 Courage, a Youth of royal race, Lovlily stern, possess'd a place. 1813Byron Br. Abydos i. iii, So lovelily the morning shone. 1897Academy 27 Mar. 357/2 The ‘bowery loneliness’ of ‘Paradise Lost’ is less lovelily beautiful. |