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单词 enkerly
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enkerlyadv.

Forms: In Middle English encrely, enkerly, enkrely, ynkirly, ynkurly, Middle English–1500s inkirly.
Etymology: Origin uncertain; possibly < Old Norse *einkarliga (compare mid.Danish enkorlig adjective, especial) < einkar- prefix; specially, very (= einkan- whence einkanliga especially). But this is not quite satisfactory with regard to the sense. Compare Scots inkirt ‘anxious’ (Jamieson).
Obsolete.
Earnestly, heartily, fervently.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > [adverb]
yernlyc725
yerneOE
yernfullyOE
earnestlyOE
fastOE
needlya1350
keenlya1375
prestlya1375
eagerlyc1380
busilya1400
earnestfullya1400
enkerly?a1400
entirelya1400
affectuously?a1425
affectuallyc1425
effectually1434
heartfullya1450
heartilya1450
increlyc1480
zealously?1495
affectionately1534
earnest1563
heart and soul1620
obnixiously1632
obnixely1641
earn1656
warmly1665
enthusiastically1730
con amore1749
ravingly1825
wholeheartedly1845
enthusiastly1846
?a1400 Morte Arth. 507 Thene the emperour was egree, and enkerly fraynes Þe answere of Arthure.
c1480 (a1400) St. Andrew 678 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 82 For þat I has luffit þe lange enkrely.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 534 He has seyn The Erll sa ynkirly [1489 Adv. enkerly] hym set Sum sutelte or [wile] to get.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) vii. 183 The king..slepyt nocht full encrely [1487 St. John's Cambr. nocht bot inkirly].
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 301 For he thocht ay encrely To do his deid awysily.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. i. 106 The king..inkirly from his hart Maid this oryson.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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