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sinfully, adv.|ˈsɪnfʊlɪ|
Forms: (see quots.).
[f. sinful a. + -ly2.]
1. In a sinful manner; wickedly, iniquitously.
αc1200Ormin 16155 Follc..Þatt tær wass inne unnlaȝheliȝ & sinnfullike sammnedd. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 9147 Þe erchebissop of kanterbury..Sacred him..wel sunuolliche [v.r. synoulyche] alas. c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 14055 Moddred..synfullyke had reysed stryf. c1450Merlin xxvi. 497 Sir,..ye sey euill and synfulliche.
βa1300Cursor M. 28431 In tendes haue i lett don in Sinfully in tent to wyn. c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 2550 Phyllis, Syn thus synfully ȝe me be-gile. c1440Promp. Parv. 78 Cynfully, criminose. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 239 b, Neuer inordynatly couet thy neyghbours wyfe, to vse her synfully. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, ii. i. 119 All this from my Remembrance, brutish wrath Sinfully pluckt. 1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T. Matt. xiii. 13 They have..sinfully shut their own eyes. 1879R. T. Smith Basil the Great ix. 108 Adam by eating sinfully transmitted sin.
2. Very reprehensibly. Also in weakened use: excessively.
1869‘Mark Twain’ Innoc. Abroad xlv. 475 So sinfully ugly that she couldn't smile after ten o'clock Saturday night without breaking the Sabbath. 1888D. C. Murray Weaker Vessel xiii, We were a sinfully indiscreet and curious young couple to talk of the affairs of others as we did. 1898Kipling Fleet in Being i, Affable young gentlemen prepared, even sinfully delighted, to take chances not set down in books. 1912[see jump n.1 7]. 1976New Yorker 24 May 113/3 It's also guaranteed to be sinfully comfortable with its built-in headrest and body-conforming mattress. |