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sanguinely, adv.|ˈsæŋgwɪnlɪ| [f. sanguine a. + -ly2.] In a sanguine manner. 1. Hopefully; confidently.
1653in Nicholas Papers (Camden) II. 29 My Lord of Rochester hath written very sanguinely hither about his negotiations at the Dyett. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 334, I cannot speculate quite so sanguinely as he does. 1857Buckle in A. H. Huth Life (1880) I. ii. 140 My mother is a little better, and writes very sanguinely about herself. †2. In a manner characterized by bloodshed. Obs.
1765Hist. Europe in Ann. Reg. 2/2 Intermarriages, by which the heretofore so sanguinely rival houses of Austria and Bourbon have been drawn nearer to each other. |