fawninglyadv.

Brit.

/ˈfɔːnɪŋli/, U.S.

/ˈfɔnɪŋli/,

/ˈfɑnɪŋli/

Etymology: < fawning adj. + -ly suffix².

In a fawning manner:

a. Caressingly, joyfully.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [adverb]

fawninga1387

fondlinglya1772

fawningly1790

fondly1816

caressingly1834

caressively1913

1790 T. Bewick Hist. Quadrupeds (1807) 358 The sagacious animal..leapt fawningly against the breast of a man.

b. Cringingly, flatteringly, servilely.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adverb]

abjectlya1500

servilely1550

bondly1553

slavishly1565

fawningly1591

demissly1598

with hat in hand1599

assentatorilya1626

hat in hand1629

cringingly1675

obsequiously1736

trucklingly1831

crawlingly1865

snivellingly1959

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adverb]

clawingly1566

fawningly1591

ambitiously1598

adulatoriously1601

sycophantically1643

sycophantly1672

smoothingly1843

sycophantishly1847

insinuatingly1860

ingratiatingly1886

1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso 332 (note) Those Princes..that (as is sayd of him) ‘Never see lookes, but fawninglie disguised’.

1654 J. Trapp Comm. Matt. (Matt. xii. 38) They [i.e. the Pharisees] had nothing to say for themselves, but fawningly to call him Master.

a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. vii. 178 Lucifer..Strove fawningly t' attract good Edmund's Ear.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 401. ‘It was set down in my instructions’, answered Jeffreys, fawningly, ‘that I was to show no mercy to men like you.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fawningly
释义	fawninglyadv. Brit. /ˈfɔːnɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈfɔnɪŋli/, /ˈfɑnɪŋli/ Etymology: < fawning adj. + -ly suffix². In a fawning manner: a. Caressingly, joyfully. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [adverb] fawninga1387 fondlinglya1772 fawningly1790 fondly1816 caressingly1834 caressively1913 1790 T. Bewick Hist. Quadrupeds (1807) 358 The sagacious animal..leapt fawningly against the breast of a man. b. Cringingly, flatteringly, servilely. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > servility > [adverb] abjectlya1500 servilely1550 bondly1553 slavishly1565 fawningly1591 demissly1598 with hat in hand1599 assentatorilya1626 hat in hand1629 cringingly1675 obsequiously1736 trucklingly1831 crawlingly1865 snivellingly1959 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adverb] clawingly1566 fawningly1591 ambitiously1598 adulatoriously1601 sycophantically1643 sycophantly1672 smoothingly1843 sycophantishly1847 insinuatingly1860 ingratiatingly1886 1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso 332 (note) Those Princes..that (as is sayd of him) ‘Never see lookes, but fawninglie disguised’. 1654 J. Trapp Comm. Matt. (Matt. xii. 38) They [i.e. the Pharisees] had nothing to say for themselves, but fawningly to call him Master. a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. vii. 178 Lucifer..Strove fawningly t' attract good Edmund's Ear. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 401. ‘It was set down in my instructions’, answered Jeffreys, fawningly, ‘that I was to show no mercy to men like you.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1591
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