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单词 obligingly
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obliginglyadv.

Brit. /əˈblʌɪdʒɪŋli/, U.S. /əˈblaɪdʒɪŋli/
Forms: see obliging adj. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: obliging adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < obliging adj. + -ly suffix2.
1. So as to favour, gratify, or do what is desired; courteously, kindly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb]
welleOE
blithec1000
blithelyc1000
goodfullya1300
blethelyc1300
milthlyc1300
kindlya1375
benignlyc1380
en-gree14..
homelya1425
benevolently1532
benign1535
obsequiously?1536
kindly1581
kind1592
propitiously1600
kindlily1625
well-meaningly1645
obligingly1646
candidly1650
beneficentlya1717
kindly-like1716
good-naturedly1725
benignantly1791
kindheartedly1803
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adverb] > obligingly or complaisantly
officiously1604
obligingly1646
complaisantly1709
allowingly1781
accommodatingly1847
1646 H. Hammond View Exceptions to Visct. Falkland's Disc. Infallibilitie 61 Yet your no argument produced, gives me nothing to answer, nor otherwise to reply, then by denying as mercifullie & obliginglie to the world, as you do cruelie affirme.
1691 R. Ames Search after Claret i. xxxvi. 9 Then passing through Lud-gate we stept to the Widows, Who a very kind Welcome obligingly bid us.
1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. vii. 5 Nothing..could be said more obligingly either in his words or manner.
1787 A. Young Jrnl. 7 Nov. in Trav. France (1792) i. 74 Mons. le Brun has an improvement on the Dunes, which he very obligingly shewed me.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. x. 163 She obligingly consented to act as mediatrix.
1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum xiv. 133 David, with amazing quickness, sprang upon him and..rushed him..out of the front door, which was obligingly held open by an outgoing client.
1922 V. Woolf Jacob's Room ii. 39 He took out his great silver watch and told her the time very obligingly.
1988 Pract. Photogr. Mar. 45/1 Birds in the wild don't behave quite as obligingly as..sparrows on your bird table.
2. In a binding manner, so as to impose obligation; so as to force or constrain. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [adverb]
steadfastlya1200
sickerlya1300
strictly1487
obligatorily1570
obligingly1655
the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adverb]
under oatha1325
on (also upon) one's faithc1405
faithfullyc1450
on (also upon) one's word1582
sacramentally1599
votally1614
promissorily1650
engagingly1651
obligingly1655
votively1857
1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa IV. ii. viii. 815 Torments, which my resolution is so obligingly readie to confer on me.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 897 Something Unjust or Unlawful, which therefore cannot be Obligingly Commanded by any Authority whatsoever.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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