单词 | adulterously |
释义 | adulterouslyadv. In an adulterous manner. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [adverb] > adulterously adulterouslya1450 extra-maritally1967 a1450 De Oblacione Iugis Sacrificii (Titus) l. 942 in Wks. Lollard Preacher (2001) 181 And herefore þei forsaken to suȝe Crist and his brethe þat þei loþen so meche, and so þei turnen hem auouȝtrousli to anoþur spouse—or raþur auouȝtrer. 1562 in T. Stretton Marital Litigation Court of Requests (2008) 38 Whereby..her vycious lyef most adulteryusly ledd maye and shall..the playnelyer appere. 1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. D4 Children adulterously begotten. 1643 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce 50 A patent to wed another adulterously. 1799 W. J. MacNeven Argument for Independence 39 As they..cherish their religion, they protest against the insidious project of adulterously connecting it with the state. 1843 S. Taylor tr. K. J. Ball Jerusalem ii. 52 His wife Drusilla, the daughter of Herod Agrippa the First, whom he had adulterously carried off from her husband. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 685 The matrimonial violator..had not been outraged by the adulterous violator of the adulterously violated. 2009 Evening Standard (Nexis) 21 Aug. A workaholic who comes home one day to find his beautiful wife canoodling adulterously..on the yellow sofa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.a1450 |
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