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单词 honourably
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honourablyhonorablyadv.

Brit. /ˈɒn(ə)rəbli/, U.S. /ˈɑnər(ə)bli/, /ˈɑnrəbli/
Forms: Middle English honorabeli, Middle English honorabely, Middle English honorable, Middle English honorabliche, Middle English honourabely, Middle English honourabilly, Middle English honourablely, Middle English honourablye, Middle English honurabli, Middle English honurabloker (comparative), Middle English onourablye, Middle English– honorably, Middle English– honourably, 1500s honorablie, 1500s honourablie; Scottish pre-1700 honerably, pre-1700 honorabillie, pre-1700 honorabilly, pre-1700 honorabily, pre-1700 honorabli, pre-1700 honourablie, pre-1700 1700s– honorably, pre-1700 1700s– honourably.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: honourable adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < honourable adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare post-classical Latin honorabiliter (4th cent.), Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French honorablement (12th cent. in Old French).
In an honourable manner; with honour.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adverb]
worshiplyc1330
honourablyc1390
obeisantlyc1400
fairlyc1480
with cap and courtship1565
with cap and curtsey1565
with cap and knee1565
respectfullya1586
respectively1588
regardfully1600
honorificallya1639
unscornfully1844
deferentiallya1846
unmockingly1872
society > morality > virtue > honourableness > [adverb]
truec1300
truly1387
honourablyc1390
honourable?a1425
honestly1526
manfully1579
c1390 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Vernon) (1892) i. 216 Honorabliche [a1400 Harl. onourablye] he dude hit graue In his chirche.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xii. l. 155 Clerkes..comen..And deden her homage honourablely to hym.
?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 26 And þere lith the body of hym full honourabely in here temple.
c1440 (?c1350) in G. G. Perry Relig. Pieces in Prose & Verse (1914) 16 To lyffe perfitly..þat es, to lyffe honourabilly, mekely, and lufesomly.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 449 The Noble Lord Most honourablie doth vphold his word. View more context for this quotation
a1625 J. Fletcher Valentinian iv. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ccccccc2/1 When I am dead, speake honourably of me.
1679 T. Bayly Wall-flower xvii. 108 They should be both Honourably provided for.
1710 Let. 10 Feb. in C. Wordsworth Scholae Academicae (1877) 305 He took his degree very honourably, and I believe will have an optime.
1780 E. Burke Speech Bristol previous to Election 1 I had served the city of Bristol honourably.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 171 He had, during the first year of the Long Parliament, been honourably distinguished among the senators.
1882 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. v. 339 The fitting and peaceful close of a life honourably spent.
1920 C. E. Mulford Johnny Nelson xix. 256 If we all..can die as fearlessly and as honorably as this man died, we need not fear the Judgment Day.
1960 Times 14 July 4/6 Colonel J. B. H. Bruinier..has been honourably relieved of his post.
2009 R. Johnson Power of Man iv. 58 The use of an honor code depends on the idea that people..can be trusted to act honorably.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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