单词 | worldlily |
释义 | worldlilyadv. rare. In a worldly manner. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adverb] > in a worldly manner worldlyeOE worldlily1641 mundanely1826 1641 G. Abbot Vindiciæ Sabbathi 35 Not to rest on that day, but to imploy our selves worldlily, in inward or outward works of mind or body, in thought word or deed, will prove our sinne. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. (at cited word) Worldlily, after a worldly-minded manner. 1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism 122 Hired and worldlily-interested advocates. 1917 A. Quiller-Couch Notes Shakespeare's Workmanship xvi. 294 So he sleeps, and awakes—to be rewarded..with the best earthly thing that could betide in a world he has served worldlily yet well. 1989 C. Falck Myth, Truth & Literature vi. 156 It was fear of the worldlily autobiographical which led such poets as Yeats and Eliot to strive for impersonality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1641 |
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