† earnfullyadv.
Obsolete.
Longingly, sorrowfully, mournfully.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adverb]
wrothec950
heavilyc1000
sorrowlyOE
sorrilylOE
sorrowfullyc1225
dolefullyc1290
sadlya1375
teenfullya1375
wrothlyc1374
unwinlya1400
grievouslyc1400
unblithely1415
tristily?c1450
sad?a1475
sytefully1488
earnfully?1527
dolently1548
mournfully?1567
distressfully1593
passionately1604
tragicly1604
grievingly1623
distressedly1890
?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes sig. oiiiv He [sc. the owl] cryeth eurnefulli ho ho.
1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hercules Oetæus i, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 191v Philomele..earnefully did mone Her tender Itis death.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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