| 释义 |
wooingly, adv.|ˈwuːɪŋlɪ|
[f. wooing ppl. a. + -ly2.]
In a wooing manner.
†1. Wantonly, impudently. Obs.
1382Wyclif Prov. xxi. 29 The vnpitous man wowendeli [1388 vnschamefastli, Vulg. procaciter] stablith his chere. 1552Huloet, Wowingly, procaciter.
2. Enticingly, alluringly.
1605Shakes. Macb. i. vi. 6 The Heauens breath Smells wooingly here. 1824S. E. Ferrier Inher. lxxxi, I perhaps did not go so wooingly to work as some one more designing would have done. 1849Miss Mulock Ogilvies xl, It came over her senses wooingly. 1884Mrs. C. Praed Zero viii, The air kissed wooingly.
3. Like a wooer; with amatory speeches.
1868Holme Lee B. Godfrey xvi, He was..whispering..wooingly. |