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单词 follily
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follilyadv.

Forms: Middle English folely, Middle English folili, Middle English folilich, Middle English foliliche, Middle English folilie, Middle English folily, Middle English folilyche, Middle English folilye, Middle English folyliche, Middle English folylych, Middle English folylyche, Middle English foolili, Middle English–1500s folyly, 1500s follily; Scottish pre-1700 folelie, pre-1700 folely, pre-1700 folily, pre-1700 follilie. N.E.D. (1897) also records a form Middle English foleli.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: folly adj., folly n.1, -ly suffix2.
Etymology: Probably partly (i) < folly adj. + -ly suffix2, and partly (ii) < folly n.1 + -ly suffix2. Compare later foolishly adv.
Obsolete.
1. Foolishly, unwisely.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adverb]
unwiselyc897
dizzilyc1175
folly?c1225
canglichec1230
mazedlya1250
follilyc1330
unskilfully1340
unwittily1362
lewdlyc1380
nicelya1387
fondlya1450
nicea1450
foolishlyc1450
foliously1481
ineptly1523
peevishly?1529
simply1535
insipiently1536
senselessly1561
fonly1579
sillilyc1598
perperously1657
insipidly1699
daftly1724
silly1731
stupid?1757
dawkinly1763
fool-like1800
unsagely1801
spoonily1861
assishly1863
ill-advisedly1879
c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 462 Oþer..y can nouȝt, Or folily ȝe hem spille.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 4596 Faire fader, bi mi feiþ folili ȝe wrouȝten.
c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. xvii. l. 234 To teche..how þe [emended in ed. to þat] folke folyliche here fif wittes myspenden.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 171 Thei wolen seie sturdili and folili.
1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 192 From losing of time, follily in lust.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. l. 18639 To quhome the Britis follilie gaif feild.
2. Wickedly, sinfully.
ΚΠ
a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) l. 2831 Eueyl he vowed, and swore hys oth, Þer-for with hym ys now god wroth. For ouþer mede wuld she haue none, But þe hede of swete seynt Ion... Folylyche, certeyn, Eroud swore.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 23326 Þai þe sorfuller sal be þat losen folili has þat le.
c1475 (c1450) P. Idley Instr. to his Son (Cambr.) (1935) ii. A. l. 2843 So folilie without cause to slee a man.
a1500 Rev. Methodius in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1918) 33 157 Þe deuyll..with hys sleytys faly & slay. He made Eue to hym assente. And sythyn Adam folyly.
3. Lewdly, unchastely.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adverb]
follyc1225
unchastely1340
follilyc1400
whorishly1538
incontinently1552
uncontinently1565
lightlya1745
sluttishly1952
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 696 And fylter folyly in fere on femmalez wyse.
c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 159 I haue my body folily despended.
1485–6 W. Caxton tr. Laurent Ryal Bk. cxxviii. sig. ovv By folyly touchyng in hym self, or in his wyf, or in other that is werse, be it man or be it woman.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 7 Yef ye do as folily as your syster dede, ye sholde be deed therfore.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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