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deboˈnairly, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a debonair manner; meekly, gently, graciously, affably, etc.; see the adj.
c1300Cursor M. 23872 (Edin.) He þat can mar þan anoþer, debonerlik [v.rr. de-bonerli, debonerly]..teche his broþer. c1350Will. Palerne 730 Mi hauteyn hert bi-houes me to chast, And bere me debonureli. c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋98 Whan dame Prudence, ful debonerly and with gret pacience, hadde herd al that hir housbonde liked for to seye. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. lxi. (1869) 37, I am..thilke that debonairliche suffreth al pacientlich. 1483Caxton Cato G viij b, Thou oughtest to bere and suffre debonayrlye the wordes of thy wyf. 1597Tofte Alba Introd. (1880) p. xxvii, Hoping your Honour will..debonairly accept of these trifles. 1633Ford Love's Sacr. ii. i, Your apparel sits about you most debonairly. 1785H. Walpole Lett. C'tess Ossory II. 214 My hand, you see, Madam, has obeyed you very debonairly. 1849C. Brontë Shirley viii, ‘Good morning, Mr. Barraclough,’ said Moore, debonairly. |