pastorallyadv.
/ˈpɑːst(ə)rəli/, /ˈpɑːst(ə)rl̩i/, /ˈpast(ə)rəli/, /ˈpast(ə)rl̩i/, U.S. /ˈpæstərəli/, /pæsˈtɔrəli/ 1. In a pastoral or rural manner.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > pastoral poem > [adverb]
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a1544 R. Barlow tr. M. Fernández de Enciso Brief Summe Geogr. (1932) 64 Thei..liveth pastorally [Sp. biuen vida pastoril], for the most parte of the lond is good and abundant of pasture.
1595 R. Barnfield Cynthia Pref., sig. A3v In one or two places (in this Booke) I use the name of Eliza pastorally.
1752 T. Newton in J. Milton Lycidas 501 Mr. Richardson conceives that by this last verse the poet says (pastorally) that he is hastening to, and eager on new work.
a1771 C. Smart Hop-Garden ii, in Poems (1791) 152 Village beauties, pastorally sweet.
1837 E. B. Browning Let. 23 Jan. (1897) 50 Many people..whether I like them or not, say ‘Ba, Ba’, quite naturally and pastorally.
1901 W. D. Howells Heroines of Fiction I. 87 These tender parents, at once so academically and so pastorally pleasing.
1993 Chinese Lit. 15 65 Not that this tune is pastorally fanciful; one of the unique qualities of Tao's farmstead poetry is the ease with which art rises from mundane experience.
2. In relation to or as regards pastoral care.
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the world > food and drink > farming > [adverb] > rustic or pastoral manner
bucolically1881
arcadianly1882
pastorally1899
1899 E. Œ. Somerville & ‘M. Ross’ Some Experiences Irish R.M. 232 A life pastorally compounded of Petty Sessions and lawn-tennis parties.
1967 Hist Jrnl. 10 30 Politically and pastorally, his [sc. a bishop's] proximity to the king's person gave his cavalier sponsors a valuable means of forwarding their policies.
1991 Healing & Wholeness Jan. 41/1 We must recognise these events as part of the Easter mystery, both for ourselves and for those with whom we are involved pastorally.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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