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单词 deavely
释义

deavelydeaflyadj.

Etymology: The form suggests derivation < deaf adj. (like goodly, sickly, weakly), and the etymological sense may be ‘where nothing is heard, silent’.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈdeavely.
dialect.
Lonely, solitary and silent.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Desolé, desolate, deavelie, desart. Lieux destournez..deauelie habitations, solitarie lodgings.
1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 14 Deafely, lonely, solitary, far from neighbours.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 43 Deeafly or Deafly, lonely. ‘They live in a far off deeafly spot,’ retired from all noise, secluded.
1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) Davely. Deavely, Deafly, lonely. ‘It's a davely road.’

Derivatives

ˈdeaveliness n.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Solitude,..lonelinesse..want of companie, deauelinesse. Silence, a deauelinesse, or solitarinesse.
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