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单词 askingly
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askinglyadv.

Brit. /ˈɑːskɪŋli/, /ˈaskɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈæskɪŋli/
Forms: see asking adj. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: asking adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < asking adj. + -ly suffix2.
1. As a way of asking something; as a question. Obsolete. rare.
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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.
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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).
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