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单词 raptly
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raptlyadv.

Brit. /ˈraptli/, U.S. /ˈræp(t)li/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rapt adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < rapt adj. + -ly suffix2. With sense 1 compare classical Latin raptim hurriedly, hastily. With sense 2 compare earlier rapturously adv.
1. Quickly. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > [adverb]
yeverlyeOE
cofeOE
snellya1000
whatlichea1000
swiftlyc1000
yernea1023
skeetc1175
swithc1175
whatec1175
lightly?c1225
tidelyc1225
fastlyc1275
swithc1275
fastc1300
quickc1300
titec1300
quicklya1325
rada1325
snellc1330
titelyc1330
swithly?1370
hastlya1375
ketlya1375
ketec1380
speedlyc1380
speedfully1398
keenlya1400
skeetlya1400
speedilya1400
swiftc1400
yederlyc1400
apacea1423
rasha1475
runninglyc1475
speedful?c1480
rackly?a1500
rashly1533
stiffly1535
roundly1548
post1549
fleet1587
fleetly1598
speedy1601
raptly1646
fastisha1650
wingedly1651
rapidly1653
rapid1677
velociously1680
express1765
quicklike1782
spankingly1803
spankily1842
fleetingly1883
quick-foot1891
on the quick-foot1894
zippily1924
1646 J. Gregory Notes & Observ. xviii. 73 That part of the Spheare is most raptly moved, which is most remote from the Poles.
2. In a rapt manner; (in early use) rapturously, entrancedly; (now usually) intently, concentratedly, absorbedly. Chiefly with verbs of observation.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rapture or ecstasy > [adverb]
ravishedly1593
ecstatically1664
rapturously1664
trancedly1830
raptly1843
exaltingly1855
exaltedly1887
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adverb] > with absorption
soakingly1593
undistractedly1659
absorbedly1841
engrossedly1865
raptly1924
1843 Fraser's Mag. Feb. 190 ‘And you, Anna,’ I continued, ‘why do you regard so raptly the heavens?’
1848 Amer. Whig Rev. July 24 His eyes Bent raptly on the purple flood That filled the hollows of the skies.
1890 S. J. Duncan Social Departure 225 Just the thing, she whispered to me raptly.
1896 Bucks County (Pa.) Gaz. 24 Sept. 4/3 He was standing gazing raptly at Maimie's latest photograph.
1924 E. Power Medieval People ii. 52 The crowd of Venetian prisoners and Genoese gentlemen, raptly drinking in all the wonders of Kublai Khan.
1937 Life 26 July 35/2 He..gazes raptly at mother's face while suckling.
1992 S. Sontag Volcano Lover ii. v. 235 Whenever she performed a suite of her celebrated Attitudes..he was there, watching raptly,..a beguiling, beatific smile on his full lips.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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