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单词 afflictingly
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afflictinglyadv.

Brit. /əˈflɪktɪŋli/, U.S. /əˈflɪktɪŋli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: afflicting adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < afflicting adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare earlier afflictively adv.
In an afflicting manner; so as to distress or trouble.
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the world > action or operation > adversity > [adverb] > afflictingly
soreOE
sorelyc1275
angerlya1393
importunately1561
afflictively1629
afflictingly1657
the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [adverb]
soreOE
sorrily?c1225
drearilya1400
sweamfullyc1420
painfullyc1440
sorelyc1450
badly1580
afflictively1629
afflictingly1657
plangently1900
1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum iii. 227 The Serpent only afflictingly bruiseth his Heel.
a1794 C. Phillips Mem. (1797) 270 We hoped to have met my brothers Payton and Young; but in this we were afflictingly disappointed.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. xiii. 463 The approaching scene—a scene so afflictingly the reverse of any, to which she had looked forward!
1845 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 57 371 Cato was really and afflictingly a rational drama.
1890 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 256 They are stout, hearty rogues..with a rare trick of groaning afflictingly at sight of a stranger.
1922 Amer.-Scandinavian Rev. Jan. 26 In this country experimental ‘art theatres’, as they are afflictingly entitled, have sprung up everywhere.
1961 C. M. Wilson Grass & People iii. 36 In various ways, including firing, overgrazing, and—most afflictingly of all—plowing, man has destroyed or impeded grasses with violence.
2002 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 13 July (Saturday Extra) 19 It is likely to appear afflictingly self-conscious to anyone without a semi-professional interest in poetry or literary criticism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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