humorouslyadv.

Brit.

/ˈhjuːm(ə)rəsli/, U.S.

/ˈhjumərəsli/

Forms: see humorous adj. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: humorous adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < humorous adj. + -ly suffix².

†1. According to one's mood or humour; on a whim, capriciously; fancifully; (also) peevishly, morosely. Obsolete.In quot. 1593 the exact sense is unclear.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adverb] > capriciously

unstaidly1556

fantastically1567

humorously1593

skittishly1598

fantasticly1599

garishly1606

humoursomely1653

whimsily1654

quirkishly1673

peevishlya1680

whimsically1711

fancifully1741

capriciously1746

flightily1780

erratically1861

tricksily1866

vagariously1892

quirkily1926

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 60 What soule is so metaphusicall subtile, that can humorously sirenize heauens soule, Iehouah, out of the concealements of hys Godhead?

1600 T. Thorpe in C. Marlowe tr. Lucan First Bk. Ep. Ded. sig. Aij Me thinks you should presently looke wilde now, and growe humorously frantique vpon the tast of it.

1603 H. Chettle Englandes Mourning Garment sig. B3 Too humorously affected to the Roman gouernement.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bigearrement, odly, humorously, fantastically.

a1686 B. Calamy Serm 10 in Serm. Several Occasions (1704) 264 We resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously, upon no reasons that will hold.

a1718 W. Penn Maxims in Wks. (1726) I. 836 Those that have employments should not be endured to leave them humourously.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. xxxiii. 222 Greville humorously declares, that he hates all women, for the sake of one.

2. Comically, amusingly; wittily.In early use frequently difficult to distinguish from sense 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > in a jesting manner

merrilyc1395

japinglya1420

pleasantly1552

jestingly1569

facetiously1598

facetely1620

joculatorily1623

sportively1631

lepidly1653

jocularly1655

jocundarily1660

ludicrouslya1678

drollingly1684

jokingly1700

jocosely1725

humorously1752

drolly1791

jest-wise1844

side-splittingly1859

japishly1888

jokily1976

1665 J. Davies tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano La Picara ii. 174 Don Pedro..came into the room very humorously in his fool's coat, making wry mouths, and some fantastick gestures.

1721–6 W. Byrd Commonplace Bk. (2001) 119 A formal Fellow, who usd to pronounce his words very distinctly, came to inquire for a Gent whos name was Owen. When the Servant came to the door..O:N..said this distinct Fop,..the Servant made answer very humourously, N:O.

1752 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (ed. 2) xvi. 127 Then follows the procession, most humourously described. The whole is a piece of ridicule too powerful for the strongest gravity to withstand.

1844 Hood's Mag. 1 124 James laughed; not joyously or humorously, but a little, dry, half starved laugh.

1895 R. F. Horton Teaching of Jesus 40 How humorously perverse the human mind is in arguing against its chief good.

1916 Times 16 Sept. 8/2 The soldiers who had helped to handle them [sc. tanks] named them humorously ‘Willies’.

1967 N.Y. Times 27 Aug. i. 22 A new spoken language, humorously called Hinglish, is gaining ground in India.

1996 Variety 19 Feb. 29/1 A tongue-in-cheek parody of tabloid magazines in which reporters humorously deal with arguments between neighbors.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	humorously
释义	humorouslyadv. Brit. /ˈhjuːm(ə)rəsli/, U.S. /ˈhjumərəsli/ Forms: see humorous adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: humorous adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < humorous adj. + -ly suffix². †1. According to one's mood or humour; on a whim, capriciously; fancifully; (also) peevishly, morosely. Obsolete.In quot. 1593 the exact sense is unclear. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adverb] > capriciously unstaidly1556 fantastically1567 humorously1593 skittishly1598 fantasticly1599 garishly1606 humoursomely1653 whimsily1654 quirkishly1673 peevishlya1680 whimsically1711 fancifully1741 capriciously1746 flightily1780 erratically1861 tricksily1866 vagariously1892 quirkily1926 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 60 What soule is so metaphusicall subtile, that can humorously sirenize heauens soule, Iehouah, out of the concealements of hys Godhead? 1600 T. Thorpe in C. Marlowe tr. Lucan First Bk. Ep. Ded. sig. Aij Me thinks you should presently looke wilde now, and growe humorously frantique vpon the tast of it. 1603 H. Chettle Englandes Mourning Garment sig. B3 Too humorously affected to the Roman gouernement. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bigearrement, odly, humorously, fantastically. a1686 B. Calamy Serm 10 in Serm. Several Occasions (1704) 264 We resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously, upon no reasons that will hold. a1718 W. Penn Maxims in Wks. (1726) I. 836 Those that have employments should not be endured to leave them humourously. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison V. xxxiii. 222 Greville humorously declares, that he hates all women, for the sake of one. 2. Comically, amusingly; wittily.In early use frequently difficult to distinguish from sense 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > in a jesting manner merrilyc1395 japinglya1420 pleasantly1552 jestingly1569 facetiously1598 facetely1620 joculatorily1623 sportively1631 lepidly1653 jocularly1655 jocundarily1660 ludicrouslya1678 drollingly1684 jokingly1700 jocosely1725 humorously1752 drolly1791 jest-wise1844 side-splittingly1859 japishly1888 jokily1976 1665 J. Davies tr. A. de Castillo Solórzano La Picara ii. 174 Don Pedro..came into the room very humorously in his fool's coat, making wry mouths, and some fantastick gestures. 1721–6 W. Byrd Commonplace Bk. (2001) 119 A formal Fellow, who usd to pronounce his words very distinctly, came to inquire for a Gent whos name was Owen. When the Servant came to the door..O:N..said this distinct Fop,..the Servant made answer very humourously, N:O. 1752 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (ed. 2) xvi. 127 Then follows the procession, most humourously described. The whole is a piece of ridicule too powerful for the strongest gravity to withstand. 1844 Hood's Mag. 1 124 James laughed; not joyously or humorously, but a little, dry, half starved laugh. 1895 R. F. Horton Teaching of Jesus 40 How humorously perverse the human mind is in arguing against its chief good. 1916 Times 16 Sept. 8/2 The soldiers who had helped to handle them [sc. tanks] named them humorously ‘Willies’. 1967 N.Y. Times 27 Aug. i. 22 A new spoken language, humorously called Hinglish, is gaining ground in India. 1996 Variety 19 Feb. 29/1 A tongue-in-cheek parody of tabloid magazines in which reporters humorously deal with arguments between neighbors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1593
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