单词 | innocently |
释义 | innocentlyadv. a. In an innocent manner; without doing, having done, or intending, harm; guiltlessly, harmlessly, guilelessly, artlessly. See the adjective. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adverb] > artlessly, guilessly, or innocently innocentlyc1400 ingenuously1611 plain-heartedly1675 artlessly1713 naively1716 naïfly1859 unsubtly1934 society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > [adverb] innocentlyc1400 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxxii. 145 Liffand innocently in lewtee and in luffe and charitee. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. BBviiv Whan they haue..suffred..many obieccions and iniuryes innocently, for the loue of Jesu. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. ii. f. 8 Men lyued simplye and innocentlye without inforcement of lawes. 1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis iv. 111 Where the innocently-wretched maid Was, for her mothers proud impietie..sentenced to die. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 157. ⁋6 Let him go before he has innocently suffered. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 383. ¶1 The Child who went to the Door answered very Innocently that he did not Lodge there. 1863 A. P. Stanley Lect. Jewish Church I. ix. 218 What was meant innocently..is taken for a conspiracy, a rebellion. 1885 Manch. Examiner 5 May 5/2 They might spend their time less innocently. b. figurative. Spotlessly. (Cf. innocent adj. 1b.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adverb] cleanc1000 cleanlyc1200 spotlesslya1671 cleanlily1698 innocently1715 specklessly1862 1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. i. xv. 36 The Parian [marble] is the most innocently white. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1400 |
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