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单词 adventurously
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adventurouslyadv.

Brit. /ədˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ə)rəsli/, U.S. /ədˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ə)rəsli/
Forms: see adventurous adj. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: adventurous adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < adventurous adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare Anglo-Norman aventurousement, Old French, Middle French, French aventureusement by chance, accidentally (13th cent.), in a daring manner (14th cent.).
1. In an adventurous or daring manner.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > daring > venturousness > [adverb]
adventurouslyc1330
adventurelya1500
venturouslyc1515
dangerously1642
venturesomely1727
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) 2374 (MED) Miche of his folk he les, Al auntreousliche þer he comen wes.
1554 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebellion To Rdr. a.viv The vnspotted loyaltie of suche as aduenturouslye and faithfullye serued in this daungerous time.
1567 J. Sanford tr. Epictetus Manuell xxxv. f. 20 Thou hast not done thy enterprise aduisedly..but aduenturouslie following a lighte and colde desire.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. iv. 69 If hee durst steale any thing aduenturously . View more context for this quotation
1682 Ld. Buckingham Ess. upon Poetry 11 On then, my Muse, adventrously engage To give Instructions that concern the Stage.
1799 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons I. iv. 61 Sailing adventurously to Europe, they concluded their insulting and prosperous voyage.
1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. ii. i. 73 Our voyagers weighed anchor, and adventurously ascended a mighty river which emptied into the bay.
1870 J. Tyndall in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 10 417 He [sc. Darwin] has drawn..adventurously upon matter in his theory of pangenesis.
1925 Cent. Mag. Jan. 365/2 In history wise men put to sea in boats, and in boats return and go again, endlessly, adventurously, gloriously.
1955 J. B. Priestley & J. Hawkes Journey down Rainbow 164 Will these almost endless rows of filling stations..and movie theatres..inspire a man to live adventurously?
2002 F. Spufford Child that Bks. Built (2003) iii. 77 Down Bridge Street there was an Indian restaurant where I had been with my dad and adventurously eaten a biriani.
2. By chance; adventitiously, accidentally, fortuitously. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb]
feringc1000
feringlya1300
by casec1300
chancefully1303
lotc1325
peradventurec1325
of chance1330
happilya1375
in hapa1375
upon hapsa1375
casuallyc1384
perchancec1387
chancely1389
by fortune1390
haplyc1390
by (also of) adventurea1393
percasea1393
adventurelyc1400
percase1402
accidently?a1425
adventurously1440
by (good, lucky, etc.) hap?a1450
accidentally1528
chanceably1559
bechance1569
chance1595
casual-wise1601
accidental1622
occasionally1622
fortuitouslya1652
contingently1668
by chance1669
chanceable1709
per-hazard1788
chance-wise1844
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 19 Awnterowsly, forte.
?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 310 (MED) Þe blood comyth rennyng to his hand, and he Auantorysly xal wype his eyne.
1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. lxxv. sig. d8 And after that shall the Molde Warpe die auentoursly and sodenly.
a1674 J. Milton Brief Hist. Moscovia (1682) iv. 64 Shusky besieg'd in his Castle of Mosco, was adventrously supply'd with some Powder and Ammunition by the English.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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