rovinglyadv.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊvɪŋli/, U.S.

/ˈroʊvɪŋli/

Forms: see roving adj. and -ly suffix².

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

Etymology: < roving adj. + -ly suffix².

†1. By following incomplete information; conjecturally. Also: at random. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > randomly or haphazardly

into uncertain1382

uncertainlya1387

at adventure (also adventures)c1390

at or on six and sevena1398

auntersa1450

at all adventure (also adventures)1485

by hab or by nab1530

at rovers (rarely rover)c1531

hab or nab1542

hitty-missy1553

rovingly1583

haphazard1600

random1619

unsight, unseena1627

happy-be-lucky1633

cross and pile1648

temerariously1669

happy-go-lucky1672

à tort et à travers1749

randomly1765

chance-medley1822

haphazardly1832

willy-nilly1908

by guess and by God (or Godfrey)1931

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie vii. 318/1 It is true that they wil talk ynough of God: howbeit, y^t is but rouingly [Fr. à la vollee], they knowe not who he is.

1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel 189 Are you not ashamed thus rouingly to raunge with your penne?

a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) V. 522 What, by reason,..he can either not at all, or but rovingly, guess at.

2. In a roving manner; with an inclination towards roving.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adverb] > in wandering manner

wilsomelyc1420

erroneously1528

vagrantly1547

gaddingly1552

wanderingly1552

roamingly1621

rovingly1664

excursively1791

ramblingly1855

1664 H. Bold Poems 93 My Hand shall rovingly, Sooth thee, movingly And we'le Lovingly Take a Touch.

1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 59 As to their way of living, it's very rudely and rovingly, shifting from place to place, according to their exigencies.

1794 J. Walters Eng.-Welsh Dict. To cruise, or cruize [a Sea-term, to sail rovingly in quest of an enemy, &c.].

1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 66 706 We can assure all who are rovingly inclined.

1869 E. C. Stedman Poems Lyric & Idyllic ii. 119 And each laughing Fay and lithesome Fairy, Shall rovingly hover around and over thee.

1941 Irish Monthly Apr. 231 The story is rovingly conversational in form, the talk rural in character.

1970 J. O. Bailey Poetry T. Hardy i. 526 The Earls of Ilchester..are reputed to have been rovingly amorous.

2008 Time Out (Nexis) 13 Nov. 89 Meinhof is one of three main characters on which the film rovingly concentrates.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rovingly
释义	rovinglyadv. Brit. /ˈrəʊvɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈroʊvɪŋli/ Forms: see roving adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: roving adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < roving adj. + -ly suffix². †1. By following incomplete information; conjecturally. Also: at random. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] > randomly or haphazardly into uncertain1382 uncertainlya1387 at adventure (also adventures)c1390 at or on six and sevena1398 auntersa1450 at all adventure (also adventures)1485 by hab or by nab1530 at rovers (rarely rover)c1531 hab or nab1542 hitty-missy1553 rovingly1583 haphazard1600 random1619 unsight, unseena1627 happy-be-lucky1633 cross and pile1648 temerariously1669 happy-go-lucky1672 à tort et à travers1749 randomly1765 chance-medley1822 haphazardly1832 willy-nilly1908 by guess and by God (or Godfrey)1931 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie vii. 318/1 It is true that they wil talk ynough of God: howbeit, y^t is but rouingly [Fr. à la vollee], they knowe not who he is. 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel 189 Are you not ashamed thus rouingly to raunge with your penne? a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) V. 522 What, by reason,..he can either not at all, or but rovingly, guess at. 2. In a roving manner; with an inclination towards roving. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adverb] > in wandering manner wilsomelyc1420 erroneously1528 vagrantly1547 gaddingly1552 wanderingly1552 roamingly1621 rovingly1664 excursively1791 ramblingly1855 1664 H. Bold Poems 93 My Hand shall rovingly, Sooth thee, movingly And we'le Lovingly Take a Touch. 1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 59 As to their way of living, it's very rudely and rovingly, shifting from place to place, according to their exigencies. 1794 J. Walters Eng.-Welsh Dict. To cruise, or cruize [a Sea-term, to sail rovingly in quest of an enemy, &c.]. 1849 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 66 706 We can assure all who are rovingly inclined. 1869 E. C. Stedman Poems Lyric & Idyllic ii. 119 And each laughing Fay and lithesome Fairy, Shall rovingly hover around and over thee. 1941 Irish Monthly Apr. 231 The story is rovingly conversational in form, the talk rural in character. 1970 J. O. Bailey Poetry T. Hardy i. 526 The Earls of Ilchester..are reputed to have been rovingly amorous. 2008 Time Out (Nexis) 13 Nov. 89 Meinhof is one of three main characters on which the film rovingly concentrates. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1583
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