† bowellyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Having ‘bowels’, compassionate, sympathetic.
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the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > inclined to
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tender-hearted1539
feeling1583
effeminate1594
passionatea1616
bowellya1637
compassionative1643
caring1966
a1637 N. Ferrar tr. J. de Valdés 110 Considerations (1638) 184 From this bowelly affection..it proceeds that a man loues God aboue all things.
1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 652 So we may pray with a more bowelly sense of their wants for them.
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