单词 | askingly |
释义 | askinglyadv.ΚΠ a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1869) I. 114 (MED) Al þes wordis of Crist shulde be take axingly... And so Crist axinge bi manere of questioun. 2. In an asking manner; enquiringly; entreatingly. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > [adverb] suppliantly1565 beggingly1598 petitionarily1604 askingly1611 supplicantly1629 supplicatorilya1631 eucticallya1638 begging-wise1645 precariously1646 earn1656 entreatingly1661 suppliant-like1670 supplicatingly1799 imploringly1810 beseechingly1830 pleadingly1838 appealingly1847 beggarly1850 precatively1869 1611 J. Maxwell tr. Treasure of Tranquillity xii. sig. F2 Some man bewailingly will aske me, saying: alas! what haue we? to whom askingly I would answere: But what rather haue we not? 1794 S. T. Coleridge To Young Ass in Morning Chron. 30 Dec. 3/4 How askingly its steps towards me bend!—It seems to say, ‘And have I, then, one Friend?’ 1843 tr. F. Bremer President's Daughters 5/2 Again he laid his hand askingly on her heart; again he cried with the deepest tones of tenderness. 1867 ‘Old Shekarry’ Forest & Field (ed. 2) ix. 246 Men looked askingly at each other, as if they wondered what the distant hum and sounds of strife might portend. 1924 Illustr. London News 24 Nov. 9/2 ‘Don't George,’ murmured Myra askingly. 2004 K. Coplin Crofton's Fire 127 ‘Ice,’ he said. I looked, askingly. ‘Next door.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.a1425 |
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