单词 | heartsomely |
释义 | heartsomelyadv. Originally Scottish. Now rare. In a cheerful, lively, or joyful manner; with gladness or good spirits. Cf. heartily adv. 1a. Sc. National Dict. (at Hertsome) records the word as still in use in Shetland in 1957. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adverb] gladlyc900 blithec1000 merryOE blithelyc1175 cheerly1546 cheerily1559 cheerfully1560 heartsomely1637 genially1751 good-humouredly1753 smilingly1806 sunnily1817 riantly1821 sunnily1828 blithesomely1858 blithefully1864 1637 S. Rutherford Let. in Joshua Redivivus (1664) 113 Ye stand dumb & discouraged & dare not sometimes call Christ heartsomely your own. a1658 J. Durham Clavis Cantici (1668) 275 Grace infused..by Christ's spirit, will make the most indisposed..heart to open to him heartsomly. 1739 A. Nicol Nature without Art 52 I might..heartsomely my Penny free, Spend frankly with good Companie. a1754 E. Erskine Serm. & Disc. (1761) III. 67 How heartsomely doth faith lay claim to these treasures. 1831 T. Carlyle Let. 29 Aug. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1976) V. 372 I can sit down with a clear conscience, and talk heartily and heartsomely. 1868 All Year Round 23 May 562/2 We have improved, he says, heartsomely. 1914 S. R. Crockett Silver Sand xxxvii. 294 The Killer made me heartsomely welcome at the house of the Dungeon. 1916 Pointer (Riverdale, Illinois) 10 Nov. ‘A fortunate legacy for me!’ declared her loyal fiance heartsomely. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1637 |
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