单词 | afflictingly |
释义 | afflictinglyadv. In an afflicting manner; so as to distress or trouble. ΘΚΠ 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). < adv.1657 |
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