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单词 daviely
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davielyadv.

Forms: 1700s–1800s daviely, 1800s daivilie.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English daivertly.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps a variant of Scots daivertly ( < daver v. + -ed suffix1 + -ed suffix1), with phonetic reduction of the second syllable. Compare slightly earlier davered adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdaviely.
Scottish.
Spiritlessly, listlessly.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adverb]
unlustilyc1390
supinely1605
supine1615
lethargically1633
unlustly1649
phlegmatically1673
phlegmaticly1673
listlessly1693
davielya1796
sloomy1820
torpidly1820
moonily1887
mooningly1893
a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 455 Observe the vera nowt an' sheep, How dowff and daviely [1808 daviely; 1789, 1801, 1802 read dowie now] they creep.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl.
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