humoursomelyadv.

Brit.

/ˈhjuːməs(ə)mli/, U.S.

/ˈhjumərsəmli/

Forms: see humoursome adj. and -ly suffix².

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

Etymology: < humoursome adj. + -ly suffix². Compare earlier humorously adv.

Now rare.

In a humoursome manner; capriciously, fancifully; peevishly. Also (in later use): humorously, comically.

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

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. viii. 25 Humoursomely and foolishly done, as if a Man should make a faction amongst the Senses themselves.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 107 A thing Intelligible, but humoursomly expressed.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xi. 105 To trifle thus humoursomely with such a gentleman's moments!

1809 J. Haslewood in S. E. Brydges Censura Literaria. X. 394 Llewellyn first bids anglers farewell, or ‘good night’, and then humoursomely assigns his reasons.

1874 Yorks. Mag. 15 July 216/2 Her tone was merely the humoursomely despotic one of a woman who has taken a caprice.

1917 F. Watson Children of Passage v. 65 ‘I'll warrant she'll outlive us, Hamish,’ said Sir Joseph humoursomely.

1964 C. O. Parsons Witchcraft & Demonology in Scott's Fiction 12 The reviewer of The Atlas humoursomely bemoans the ‘recantation of the orthodox faith’.

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

单词	humoursomely
释义	humoursomelyadv. Brit. /ˈhjuːməs(ə)mli/, U.S. /ˈhjumərsəmli/ Forms: see humoursome adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: humoursome adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < humoursome adj. + -ly suffix². Compare earlier humorously adv. Now rare. In a humoursome manner; capriciously, fancifully; peevishly. Also (in later use): humorously, comically. 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 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. viii. 25 Humoursomely and foolishly done, as if a Man should make a faction amongst the Senses themselves. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 107 A thing Intelligible, but humoursomly expressed. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xi. 105 To trifle thus humoursomely with such a gentleman's moments! 1809 J. Haslewood in S. E. Brydges Censura Literaria. X. 394 Llewellyn first bids anglers farewell, or ‘good night’, and then humoursomely assigns his reasons. 1874 Yorks. Mag. 15 July 216/2 Her tone was merely the humoursomely despotic one of a woman who has taken a caprice. 1917 F. Watson Children of Passage v. 65 ‘I'll warrant she'll outlive us, Hamish,’ said Sir Joseph humoursomely. 1964 C. O. Parsons Witchcraft & Demonology in Scott's Fiction 12 The reviewer of The Atlas humoursomely bemoans the ‘recantation of the orthodox faith’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1653
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