单词 | affectingly |
释义 | affectinglyadv. In an affecting manner; touchingly, movingly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > [adverb] touchingly?1507 movingly1598 affectingly1645 pathetically1652 emotively1843 affectually1947 1645 R. Byfield Zion's Answer 6 This is affectingly and movingly delivered in a Question and Answer. 1656 R. Baxter Gildas Salvianus: 1st Pt. ii. 80 But the best way to silence such usurping Teachers, is..to do it [sc. preach] so judiciously, and affectingly, that a plain difference may appear between them and usurpers. 1708 tr. J. F. Ostervald Nature Uncleanness Considered ii. §ii. ix. 224 Since it speaks so positively and so affectingly of these Torments, they must necessarily be both Terrible and Inevitable. 1788 Ld. Sydney in Duke of Buckingham Court George III (1853) I. 438 Attention..of the value of which he has shewn himself affectingly sensible. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 27 Prefatory verses, which contain an affectingly humble self-review. 1871 Athenæum 8 Apr. 423 It is when he has warmed to his work..that his words read the most affectingly. 1940 Times 4 May 4/3 It deals with his loneliness and his love simply and affectingly. 2001 Locus June 19/3 Most affectingly, a pseudo-slave narrative detailing the life of a brother and sister separated after coming to America. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1645 |
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