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earnestly, adv.|ˈɜːnɪstlɪ|
[f. earnest a. + -ly2.]
In an earnest manner; in a manner indicating earnestness. (In OE.: In truth, in reality; also in the Gospels transl. ergo, itaque, Vulg.)
c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. xx. 9 Eornostlice þa ðæ ᵹecomon þa embe þa endlyften tide comon, þa onfengon hig ælc hys pening. a1000Laws of Cnut (Eccl.) xv. Sunnan-dæᵹes cypingce we forbeodaþ eac eornostlice. a1300Cursor M. 26932 þi scrift agh to be mad hernestly, noght als intent o wayn⁓glori. c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 1240 He enteres in ful ernestly, in yre of his hert. c1400Destr. Troy 6490 Carion..full ernestly with Ector auntrid to fight. c1440Promp. Parv. 142 Ernestly, seriose. 1535Coverdale Tobias ix. 3 Now seist thou how earnestly Raguel hath requyred me. 1544Bale Chron. Sir J. Oldcastell in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 268 Than loked the Lord Cobham ærnestly vpon the archbishopp. 1552Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 3 He so ernestly maid supplicatioun to thame. 1596Shakes. Merch. V. iv. i. 121. 1609 Bible (Douay) Zech. xii. comm., The other Jewes most earnestly persecuted Christians. 1712Addison Spect. No. 89 ⁋3 Reflexions which I earnestly recommend to the Thoughts of my fair Readers. 1849Ruskin Sev. Lamps iv. §33. 123 The most earnestly imitative treatment. 1855Prescott Philip. II, i. (1857) 8 He had..endeavoured earnestly to do his duty to the best of his abilities. 1863Fr. Kemble Resid. Georgia 55 A..pair of chickens, which he offered most earnestly to S―. 1871Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) IV. xx. 155 We know enough of Hereward to make us earnestly long to know more. |