单词 | amenably |
释义 | amenablyadv. In an amenable manner. ΚΠ 1829 W. Grimshaw Ladies' Lex. 20/2 Amenable, responsible, tractable..amenably. 1886 M. N. Murfree In Clouds 353 ‘What Ails ye, Jeb?’.. ‘Lord, nuthin',’ said Jeb amenably, from the van of the procession. ‘I ain't lonesome nor doleful, nuther.’ 1914 N. Amer. Rev. 200 816 The amenably autocratic Commission obediently acquiesces. 1968 F. Exley Fan's Notes (1985) 288 So much more adaptive he was than I, so amenably courageous in leaving his door ajar for any who would enter. 2005 N. Laird Utterly Monkey 338 ‘Hello,’ he said and raised his eyebrows amenably at Ian, as if they'd just met in the street. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1829 |
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