释义 |
bonnily, adv. Now Sc.|ˈbɒnɪlɪ| [f. bonny a. + -ly2.] In a bonny manner; beautifully, finely, pleasantly.
1595Duncan Append. Etymol. (E.D.S.) Scite, eleganter, pretilie, bonnilie. 1673Dryden Assign. i. i. Wks. 1725 III. 295, I am glad to see you look so bonily to-day. 1680Spir. Popery 29 The work of Reformation went Bonnily on. 1785Burns Cotter's Sat. Nt. iii, His wee bit ingle blinkin bonilie. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xlii, It was a goodly and pleasant land, and sloped bonnily to the western sun. |