inclinablyadv.
/ɪnˈklʌɪnəbli/, /ɪŋˈklʌɪnəbli/, U.S. /ᵻnˈklaɪnəbli/, /ɪŋˈklaɪnəbli/ Now rare.† 1. With a tendency to behave, think, feel, etc., in a particular way; by inclination; esp. favourably. Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > [adverb] > with an inclination to or conducing to
inclinablya1640
conducingly1656
a1640 J. Ball Treat. Covenant of Grace (1645) 343 If he [sc. God] worke in us..to will and doe, inclinably, rightly and well, and not so as we may resist, then he determineth the will to will and doe by his grace.
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) ii. 142 He is not resolved where..but most inclinably, upon the taking in of Jerusalem by Cn: Pompeius.
1682 J. P. tr. H. Ludolf New Hist. Ethiopia ii. xvi. 229 The Minds of the later Kings were somewhat more inclinably dispos'd to give Obedience to the See of Rome.
1766 J. Elphinston Princ. Eng. Lang. Digested for Schools iii. iii. 170 I will do it, [is equivalent] to I am inclinably or naturally to do so.
1923 M. R. James tr. W. Map De Nugis Curialium v. vi. 261 An unruly hawk, if meat is often offered to it and then snatched away or hid, becomes keener and more inclinably obedient and attentive.
2. In an inclined or slanted position; obliquely. rare.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adverb]
sidelonga1398
aslanta1400
aslopec1400
embelifc1400
a-sloutc1440
sleetc1440
slant1495
obliquely1503
shoringc1503
a-swash1530
biaswise1545
biasways1556
slantingly1570
sideways1572
slantwise1573
avelinges1577
bias?1578
askant1602
slopely1605
slantinga1625
oblique1667
bias-way1702
skew1706
slantly1719
inclinably1760
slantways1828
slantindicular1831
slantindicularly1834
skewly1896
slaunchways1933
1760 J. Cleland Romance of Day 28 A plain coat..with a hat cocked inclinably to the smart.
1899 Iron Age 30 Mar. 2/1 This treadle rod is also free from joints or connections..that would require adjusting every time the press was changed inclinably.
1912 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 20 Apr. 253/1 He does not assume a rowing motion wherein the wing is brought inclinably downward and rearward, but decidedly the reverse.
2014 U.S. Patent 8,911,216 8 The swashplate 104 is inclinably mounted to the pump 102 such that the angle of inclination ⍺ is controllably adjustable.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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