resinouslyadv.
/ˈrɛzᵻnəsli/, /ˈrɛzn̩əsli/, U.S. /ˈrɛzənəsli/ 1. With ‘resinous’ electricity (cf. resinous adj. 5); negatively. Now historical.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > [adverb] > friction
negatively1747
positively1747
resinously1794
vitreously1794
tribo-electrically1967
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xlvi. 304 Bodies electrified resinously repel each other.
1873 J. C. Maxwell Treat. Electr. & Magnetism I. i. i. 31 All electrified bodies are found to be either vitreously or resinously electrified.
1907 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 79 290 If a rod of glass be rubbed with silk (vitreously electrified), or a rod of sealing wax with flannel (resinously electrified), and brought near to the electroscope, no effect is produced.
1997 P. F. Dahl Flash of Cathode Rays ii. 25 The mutual repulsion between resinously electrified bodies..was to him problematic.
2. With an impregnation or smell of resin; in a way suggestive of resin.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > other vegetable materials > plant resin > [adverb]
resinously1830
1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 53 Shrubs with alternate, toothed, resinously glandular, exstipulate leaves.
1936 Bull. Misc. Information (Royal Bot. Gardens, Kew) No. 1. 82 Differs from the type in the..more resinously-keeled involucral bracts.
1949 R. Macaulay Fabled Shore (2007) 45 Mountain flanks green with pines, cork, ilex and juniper, and smelling resinously in the hot sun.
1995 P. Fitzgerald Blue Flower xxv. 95 In the warmth the room breathed even more deeply, more resinously.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1794