savourilysavorilyadv.
/ˈseɪv(ə)rᵻli/, U.S. /ˈseɪv(ə)rəli/ 1. With relish or appetite; heartily, appreciatively. Now rare.In the 17th cent. frequently in religious contexts; cf. savoury adj. 2.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > [adverb]
savourilya1450
appetitely?a1500
a1450 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) f. 249v He [sc. a snake]..eteþ more sauoryly [a1398 BL Add. 27944 sauourliche, 1495 de Worde sauourly] þanne þaie dede bifore þe chaunginge of þe skynne.
1615 R. Rogers Comm. Bk. Judges xl. 320 He will returne to vs most graciously, powre oile and wine into our wounds most sauourily, and ease our griefe readily, and all our feare shall be driuen away.
1670 J. Narborough Jrnl. in Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) 49 I can eat Foxes and Kites as savourily as if it were Mutton.
1676 O. Heywood Autobiogr., Diaries, & Event Bks. (1883) III. 147 A blind man..prayed pertinently and savourily.
1703 Athenian Oracle II. 413/2 Eastern and Western Civet being much alike to him, unless perhaps he licks his Lips very savourily after the latter, when 'tis likely he won't so much as touch the former.
1790 W. Blake in A. Gilchrist Life (1863) I. 86 Here and there I saw one savourily picking the flesh off of his own tail.
1823 C. Lamb in London Mag. Mar. 271/1 We..would eat our plain food savorily.
1861 M. L. Booth tr. E. About King of Mountains vi. 220 It was a very pleasant sight for me, and I tasted savorily the pleasure of the gods.
1931 T. S. Stribling Forge xxii. 194 The old woman mopped her teeth pensively and savorily.
2. In a flavoursome manner; appetizingly, deliciously.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > savouriness > [adverb]
dainteouslyc1380
daintifully1393
daintively1393
daintilya1400
delicatelyc1400
daintethlyc1440
savourously1480
daintly1563
tastefully1611
savourily1617
palatably1677
toothsomely1871
the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adverb] > promoting appetite
savourily1617
toothsomely1871
appetizingly1882
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. ii. iii. 81 Apples or peares first dried, then prepared with cinamon and butter very sauourily.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World vii. 129 All which is drest very savourily with Pepper, and Garlick.
1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iv. xxiii. 385 He is allured by such a variety of dishes, and so savourily cooked, that the appetite is confounded in its choice!
1841 Fraser's Mag. 23 679 Two small pullets were brought in,..smelling most savouryly.
1886 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. (Lady Burton's ed.) III. 103 Roasted meat, With basting oil so savourily replete!
1935 Rhinelander (Wisconsin) Daily News 11 Jan. 10/3 A crisp fresh salad of raw greens dressed savorily.
2000 Guardian 9 Sept. (Weekend Suppl.) 73 A delightfully piquant, savourily rich wine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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