单词 | amorously |
释义 | amorouslyadv. In an amorous manner; with love or desire; lovingly. Also without implication of romantic or sexual love: †affectionately, fondly (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adverb] amorouslyc1405 enamorately1599 inamorately1599 amatorially1800 pottily1977 c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 436 And þt ye plese hir nat to amorously. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. l. 3934 Nyȝtyngales..ful amorously welcomed in hir song Þe lusty sesoun. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xxvi. 72 He was of good and easy acquayntance with euery man, and amorously wolde speke to them. 1696 J. Dryden, Jr. Husband his Own Cuckold ii. 16 She looks amorously upon him. 1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires ii. v. 128 Whom all the Suitors amorously strove, In vain, to stagger in her plighted Love. 1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 80 Asking for her lost Basil amorously. 1879 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Dec. 11/2 Youth glances amorously at beauty. 1914 T. Dreiser Titan x. 71 Mrs. Simms..passed on with a gay air, attended by a young artist who followed amorously in her train. 1983 World Lit. Today 57 438/1 Fray Alberto..and Anselmo..become amorously involved with the two femmes fatales. 2011 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 3 Sept. 27 A young couple amorously wrapped around each other in the back seat of a parked car. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1405 |
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