单词 | wooingly |
释义 | wooinglyadv. In a wooing manner. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adverb] wooinglya1382 boldlya1387 malapertly1447 malapertc1460 insolentlya1513 over-boldly1547 contumeliously1548 sauce malapertly1556 impudently1561 bold1597 saucy1598 petulantly1610 audaciously1611 affrontedlya1614 effrontedly1628 impertinently1671 effrontuouslya1734 procaciously1772 cheekily1872 sassily1883 brassily1889 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxi. 29 The vnpitous man wowendeli [a1425 L.V. vnschamefastli, L. procaciter] stablith his chere. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Wowingly, procaciter. 2. Enticingly, alluringly. ΘΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [adverb] alluringly1561 winning1596 magnetically1613 wooinglya1616 winningly1663 invitingly1667 enticingly1720 attractingly1753 seductively1843 tantalizingly1847 temptingly1878 sirenically1888 lurefully1891 luringly1897 come-hither1926 a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vi. 6 The Heauens breath Smells wooingly here. View more context for this quotation 1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance III. xiv. 122 I perhaps did not go so wooingly to work as some one more designing would have done. 1849 D. M. Mulock Ogilvies xl It came over her senses wooingly. 1884 R. C. Praed Zéro viii The air kissed wooingly. 3. Like a wooer; with amatory speeches. ΘΠ the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [adverb] wooingly1868 1868 ‘H. Lee’ Basil Godfrey's Caprice I. xvi. 216 He was..whispering..wooingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adv.a1382 |
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