pronelyadv.

Brit.

/ˈprəʊnli/, U.S.

/ˈproʊnli/

Forms: see prone adj. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prone adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < prone adj. + -ly suffix².

Now rare.

†1. With a natural inclination; readily, willingly; eagerly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb]

to goodeOE

thankc888

yernec888

lieflyc900

lovelyeOE

lustly971

willinglyOE

wilfullyc1000

with (also mid) heart and hand (also hands)OE

fainc1175

lustilya1225

lief1297

yfaȝea1300

blethelyc1300

goodlya1375

blelyc1380

willingc1384

bainc1400

acceptably1479

bainlya1500

cheerfully1523

towardly1523

desirously1531

pronely?1532

fainly1535

wilningly1597

bongre1598

libentiously1606

volently1614

propensely1648

easily1649

with (a) good grace1650

unreluctantly1655

with the best will (in the world)1814

unhesitatingly1829

unqualifyingly1841

unloathly1844

happily1889

?1532 T. Paynell tr. Erasmus De Contemptu Mundi sig. Dii^v There is no greatter nor more deedly pestilence gyuen of Nature vnto mankynde than voluptuousnes of the whiche volupte the feruente lustes are pronely and vnbrydeldlye kendled to fullfyll the desyre therof.

1556 J. Clement in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. lx. 208 They knewe the trewthe, and pronely wolde confess it.

1663 Case Mary Carleton 128 I cannot forbear to complain of a very great rudeness and incivility to which the mass and generality of the English vulgar are most pronely inclined.

1685 W. Clark Grand Tryal i. i. 12 Things, which to wish we pronely are inclin'd.

1713 S. Hill Harmony Canonical & Apocryphal Script. iii. 16 The common Sense of Personality.., into which Sense our Natural Notions pronely run.

?1795 W. Lane Poems 61 Not Earth more pronely to her Centre tends; Not with more Certainty the Spark ascends.

2. In a prone position; face downwards. (In quot. 1578: right down, flat down.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adverb] > prostrate or face down

groofc1374

on grufe (rarely on the grufe)c1375

grovellingsa1400

grovellingc1400

agroofc1425

womblonga1475

grovellingly1548

prostrately1556

grovellingwise1561

flatlong1570

pronely1578

on one's grufe1788

ventre à terre1960

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 8^v A man, in fallyng..backwardes, goeth pronely, without all hope of recouerable stay.

1616 R. Sheldon Suruey Miracles Church of Rome ix. 224 The same did..pronely adore and worship at the time of eleuation.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 151 Some couple..pronely, that is by contaction of prone parts in both.

1730 J. Cook Anat. & Mech. Ess. I. xix. 247 They serve to bend, extend and turn the Arm, pronely or supine.

1760 E. Macfait Remarks Life & Writings Plato 225 Pronely bending to the earth like the cattle.

1841 D. M. Moir in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 390 We laid us down and watch'd,..Pronely, the sea-fowl and the coming dawn.

1874 B. P. Shillaber Lines in Pleasant Places 262 The strong man..Falls pronely down before the throne of sense.

a1924 M. Ghose Coll. Poems (1974) III. i. 46 'Tis a garden lost and lonely, where flowers blow not, or but pronely Stoop and droop or half dispetal on those garden walks so fair.

1926 J. Wheless Is It God's Word? xvii. 420 The Snake yet goes pronely upon his belly, under the Curse.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pronely
释义	pronelyadv. Brit. /ˈprəʊnli/, U.S. /ˈproʊnli/ Forms: see prone adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prone adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < prone adj. + -ly suffix². Now rare. †1. With a natural inclination; readily, willingly; eagerly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] to goodeOE thankc888 yernec888 lieflyc900 lovelyeOE lustly971 willinglyOE wilfullyc1000 with (also mid) heart and hand (also hands)OE fainc1175 lustilya1225 lief1297 yfaȝea1300 blethelyc1300 goodlya1375 blelyc1380 willingc1384 bainc1400 acceptably1479 bainlya1500 cheerfully1523 towardly1523 desirously1531 pronely?1532 fainly1535 wilningly1597 bongre1598 libentiously1606 volently1614 propensely1648 easily1649 with (a) good grace1650 unreluctantly1655 with the best will (in the world)1814 unhesitatingly1829 unqualifyingly1841 unloathly1844 happily1889 ?1532 T. Paynell tr. Erasmus De Contemptu Mundi sig. Dii^v There is no greatter nor more deedly pestilence gyuen of Nature vnto mankynde than voluptuousnes of the whiche volupte the feruente lustes are pronely and vnbrydeldlye kendled to fullfyll the desyre therof. 1556 J. Clement in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. lx. 208 They knewe the trewthe, and pronely wolde confess it. 1663 Case Mary Carleton 128 I cannot forbear to complain of a very great rudeness and incivility to which the mass and generality of the English vulgar are most pronely inclined. 1685 W. Clark Grand Tryal i. i. 12 Things, which to wish we pronely are inclin'd. 1713 S. Hill Harmony Canonical & Apocryphal Script. iii. 16 The common Sense of Personality.., into which Sense our Natural Notions pronely run. ?1795 W. Lane Poems 61 Not Earth more pronely to her Centre tends; Not with more Certainty the Spark ascends. 2. In a prone position; face downwards. (In quot. 1578: right down, flat down.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [adverb] > prostrate or face down groofc1374 on grufe (rarely on the grufe)c1375 grovellingsa1400 grovellingc1400 agroofc1425 womblonga1475 grovellingly1548 prostrately1556 grovellingwise1561 flatlong1570 pronely1578 on one's grufe1788 ventre à terre1960 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 8^v A man, in fallyng..backwardes, goeth pronely, without all hope of recouerable stay. 1616 R. Sheldon Suruey Miracles Church of Rome ix. 224 The same did..pronely adore and worship at the time of eleuation. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 151 Some couple..pronely, that is by contaction of prone parts in both. View more context for this quotation 1730 J. Cook Anat. & Mech. Ess. I. xix. 247 They serve to bend, extend and turn the Arm, pronely or supine. 1760 E. Macfait Remarks Life & Writings Plato 225 Pronely bending to the earth like the cattle. 1841 D. M. Moir in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 390 We laid us down and watch'd,..Pronely, the sea-fowl and the coming dawn. 1874 B. P. Shillaber Lines in Pleasant Places 262 The strong man..Falls pronely down before the throne of sense. a1924 M. Ghose Coll. Poems (1974) III. i. 46 'Tis a garden lost and lonely, where flowers blow not, or but pronely Stoop and droop or half dispetal on those garden walks so fair. 1926 J. Wheless Is It God's Word? xvii. 420 The Snake yet goes pronely upon his belly, under the Curse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.?1532
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