| 释义 |
ˈdeavely, deafly, a. dial.
[The form suggests derivation from deaf (like goodly, sickly, weakly), and the etymological sense may be ‘where nothing is heard, silent’.]
Lonely, solitary and silent.
1611Cotgr., Desolé, desolate, deavelie, desart. Lieux destournez..deauelie habitations, solitarie lodgings. 1674–91Ray N.C. Words 14 Deafely, lonely, solitary, far from neighbours. 1855Robinson Whitby Gloss., Deeafly or Deafly, lonely. ‘They live in a far off deeafly spot,’ retired from all noise, secluded. 1884Cheshire Gloss., Davely. Deavely, Deafly, lonely. ‘It's a davely road.’
Hence ˈdeaveliness.
1611Cotgr., Solitude..lonelinesse..want of companie, deauelinesse. Silence, a deauelinesse, or solitarinesse. |