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单词 afraidly
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afraidlyadv.

Brit. /əˈfreɪdli/, U.S. /əˈfreɪdli/, Scottish English /əˈfredlɪ/
Forms: see afraid adj. and n. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: afraid adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < afraid adj. + -ly suffix2.
Now rare. In early use chiefly Scottish.
In an alarmed or frightened manner.
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1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) lxiv. 108 The men..blewe hornes and trompettes moche affrayedly.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 434 The laif fled full affrayitly [1489 Adv. effraytly].
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xiii. iv. 78 Fleand thay wat not quhare, Tursing thare birdingis affraitlye here and thare.
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xii. xvi. f. 185/1 Ye pepyll richt affrayitly returnit to hym out of all partis of ye wod.
1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour ii. sig. I.vij The Quene ouerthort the flude sche raid On bryggis quhilkis wer of botis maid With hir one sobir cumpanye Quhilk with hir fled affraytlie.
a1605 R. Bannatyne Jrnl. Trans. Scotl. (1806) 490 He come back..verie affrayedlie.
1644 D. Buchanan Knox's Hist. Reformation Scotl. (rev. ed.) ii. 204 They caused the French once to retire somewhat affrayedly.
1919 H. M. Hays Cheerio! ii. 31 Those gentle, half-timid individuals who already had forgotten their morning's lust and now were afraidly polite.
1926 E. Walrond Tropic Death vii. 162 ‘Miss Diggs giv' it to me, mum,’ murmured Alfie slowly, afraidly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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