† dignelyadv.

Forms: Also Middle English -li, Middle English -liche, -lyche, 1500s -lie.

Etymology: < digne adj. + -ly suffix².

Obsolete.

1. Worthily, honourably; befittingly, deservingly, condignly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adverb]

worthlyeOE

menskful?c1225

menskly?c1225

dignelyc1315

honestly1340

menskfullya1375

worshipfullya1375

worthilyc1384

creditably1648

reputablya1689

respectably1770

smirchless1848

c1315 Shoreham 32 Thou hest of-served dygnelyche The pyne of helle vere.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 20 Þet þou nere naȝt digneliche y-diȝt be ssrifþe and by vorþenchinge.

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 62 Þei wolen sitte wiþ lordis and ladies at þe mete ful dignely.

c1400 Test. Love (1561) i. 287 b/1 The name of Goddes dignely ye mow beare.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid ii. Prol. 7 Bot sen I follow the poete principall..God grant me grace him dingly to ensew.

1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Avj^v When mortall man, cannot reforme Nor dignely plage the cryme.

2. Haughtily, scornfully.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [adverb]

dignelyc1374

hautainlyc1400

deignouslyc1440

disdaininglyc1485

royally?c1500

disdainouslya1513

haughtly1523

superciliously1528

disdainishly?1529

disdainfullya1533

disdainedly1535

lordlikea1555

squeamishly1571

haughtily1572

state1579

coy1581

lordly1589

overly1610

lordlily1611

condescendingly1653

on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672

coyly1673

cavalierly1718

slightily1740

skeigh1792

patronizingly1834

Olympically1839

superiorly1844

Olympianly1871

superior1891

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 975 (1024) Touchynge þi lettre..I wot thow nylt it digneliche endite.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	dignely
释义	† dignelyadv. Forms: Also Middle English -li, Middle English -liche, -lyche, 1500s -lie. Etymology: < digne adj. + -ly suffix². Obsolete. 1. Worthily, honourably; befittingly, deservingly, condignly. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adverb] worthlyeOE menskful?c1225 menskly?c1225 dignelyc1315 honestly1340 menskfullya1375 worshipfullya1375 worthilyc1384 creditably1648 reputablya1689 respectably1770 smirchless1848 c1315 Shoreham 32 Thou hest of-served dygnelyche The pyne of helle vere. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 20 Þet þou nere naȝt digneliche y-diȝt be ssrifþe and by vorþenchinge. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 62 Þei wolen sitte wiþ lordis and ladies at þe mete ful dignely. c1400 Test. Love (1561) i. 287 b/1 The name of Goddes dignely ye mow beare. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid ii. Prol. 7 Bot sen I follow the poete principall..God grant me grace him dingly to ensew. 1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Avj^v When mortall man, cannot reforme Nor dignely plage the cryme. 2. Haughtily, scornfully. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [adverb] dignelyc1374 hautainlyc1400 deignouslyc1440 disdaininglyc1485 royally?c1500 disdainouslya1513 haughtly1523 superciliously1528 disdainishly?1529 disdainfullya1533 disdainedly1535 lordlikea1555 squeamishly1571 haughtily1572 state1579 coy1581 lordly1589 overly1610 lordlily1611 condescendingly1653 on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672 coyly1673 cavalierly1718 slightily1740 skeigh1792 patronizingly1834 Olympically1839 superiorly1844 Olympianly1871 superior1891 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 975 (1024) Touchynge þi lettre..I wot thow nylt it digneliche endite. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1315
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