释义 |
ˈsouly, a. Also 5 sawly. [f. soul n. + -y1.] 1. †a. Of or pertaining to the soul. Obs.
c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 96 If þe sawle be þanne perfyt and fulfillyd byfore his departynge fro þe body, it shall þanne be ressayued of all sawly vertu. 1633W. Struther True Happines 132 The sonnes of God, in whom this souly love burneth. 1727J. Asgill Metam. of Man i. v. 71 That Souly Part of him..which is thought to survive the Body, and to take its Flight to Heaven. b. = soulful a. 1. colloq. rare.
1911D. H. Lawrence White Peacock vii. 131 I'm not one of your souly sort. †2. = psychical a. 2. (Cf. soulish a. 1.) Obs.
1639H. Ainsworth Annot. Pentateuch 10 This animalitie, or souly state, shall be changed into spirituality. As for the terme of this our souly or naturall life, it dureth while our breath is in us. 1660Newton Comm. John xvii. (Nichol, 1867) 371 The animal man, the souly man..perceives not these things. |