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单词 lovelily
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lovelilyadv.

Brit. /ˈlʌvlᵻli/, U.S. /ˈləvləli/
Forms: Middle English louelely, Middle English louelily, Middle English louelyly, Middle English luflyly, Middle English luuelili, 1600s– lovelily; also Scottish pre-1700 luflely, pre-1700 luuilelie.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: lovely adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < lovely adj. + -ly suffix2.
1. In a loving or friendly manner; kindly, graciously. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > [adverb]
lovelyeOE
lovesomelyOE
dearlyc1275
cherelya1375
loveredlyc1390
lovelilya1400
lovinglyc1425
flirtatiously1863
the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [adverb]
friendlyeOE
wellOE
friendfullyc1379
amiablya1400
lovelilya1400
peacefullya1400
friendlike?a1513
friendlilyc1550
chummily1934
matily1941
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 25582 (MED) Al luuelili þou vs lere Þe to luue.
c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure 2292 Bot sir Arthure..Laughte hym vpe full louelyly with lordlyche knyghttez.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) xvii. 315 Thar capitane Tretyt yaim sa luflely [1487 St. John's Cambr. lusumly].
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1895) II. 459 Efter be the burgesses of Edinburgh verie luuilelie, and honorablie was receiuet.
1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 245 Moreover, how lovelily do the Graces cling to one another.
2. In such a way as to stimulate love or admiration; beautifully.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adverb]
lieflyc900
merelyeOE
fairOE
lovelya1375
featously1377
belliche1394
finelya1400
buttylly1496
lovelilya1500
well-favouredly1528
beautifully1538
beauteously1592
bonnily1595
love-likely1621
bonny1650
beautiful1767
a1500 (?a1400) Stanzaic Life of Christ (Harl. 2250) (1926) 10364 (MED) For fayrer þen fir no mon may seke; þer leghtnes none so louelely.
a1675 J. Lightfoot Wks. (1684) I. xiii. 1074 Their boughs and leaves curiously and lovelily intermingled and inwoven one with another.
1723 C. Mather Cœlestinus vi. 118 By turning all the Good Things of Earth into Sacrifices, a Conversation in Heaven will be most Lovelily Exemplifyed.
1764 C. Churchill Duellist ii. 23 Courage, a Youth of royal race, lovelily stern, possess'd a place.
1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos i. iii. 57 So lovelily the morning shone.
1897 Academy 27 Mar. 357/2 The ‘bowery loneliness’ of ‘Paradise Lost’ is less lovelily beautiful.
1937 Lincoln (Nebraska) Evening Jrnl. 7 May 16/3 The group of three Lieder by Strauss, sung most lovelily by Mr. Crooks.
1977 E. Partridge You have Point There iii. 20 Lovelily, graciously, tenderly,..over a Europe so soon..to be plunged into war, the sun rose.
1992 ‘J. Gash’ Lies of Fair Ladies (1993) xxxiii. 244 Girls looking up from desks in bright sunlight, so lovelily young they pulled at your heart.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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