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单词 devoutly
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devoutlyadv.

/dɪˈvaʊtli/
Forms: Also Middle English–1500s deuote-: see devout adj.
Etymology: < devout adj. + -ly suffix2.
1. In a devout manner; reverently, piously, religiously.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > [adverb]
ghostlyeOE
piteouslyc1300
devoutlyc1325
devoutementa1400
godlyc1425
godlily1548
divinely1597
piously1599
obedientially1641
God-fearingly1860
α.
c1325 Metr. Hom. 160 And ilke day deuotely, Herd scho messe of our Lefdye.
c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 319 To preye deuoteliche.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xv. 69 Ȝe serue ȝour Godd wele and deuotely.
?c1500 How Plowman lerned Pater Noster 42 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 211 Late me here The saye devotely thy pater noster.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 34 Prayers..quhan thay in ye name off Iesus Christ, ar humblie and deuotlie desyrit, helpis mony.
β. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 814 His two dere doȝterez deuoutly hem haylsed.c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xvii. 76 He serued Godd full deuoutely.1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxxvii. 137 They sholde deuoutly do baptyse hem self.?1556 (a1500) Knight of Curtesy (Copland) sig. B*.iv She confessed her deuoutly tho And shortely receyued the sacrament.c1611 J. Donne Poems (1633) 275 Who dream'd devoutlier then most use to pray.1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. 137 Julian most devoutly ascribes his miraculous deliverance to the protection of the Gods.1849 G. P. R. James Woodman I. iv. 77 She crossed herself devoutly.
2. Earnestly, sincerely, fervently.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > sincere emotion > [adverb]
in all one's hearteOE
of heartOE
with (also mid) all one's heartOE
with one's heartOE
heartlyc1225
innerlyc1330
dearlya1350
heartilya1375
with a whole hearta1375
faithfullyc1405
affectiouslya1420
affectuously?a1425
affectuallyc1425
mainlyc1450
from (also fro) one's heart1477
cordiallyc1515
precordially1534
earnestfulc1540
hearty1570
affectedly1582
roundly1603
devoutly1604
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 66 Tis a consumation Deuoutly to be wisht. View more context for this quotation
1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 166 His devote minde to his Lady hee devoutly, though not religiously shewed.
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc i. 219 Childhood..Listening with eager eyes and open lips Devoutly in attention.
1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xix. 297 Let us devoutly hope, that..we shall never see the scenes..that were general in Britain Sixty Years since. View more context for this quotation
1874 J. Morley On Compromise 88 Then men were devoutly persuaded that their eternal salvation depended on their having true beliefs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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