单词 | genially |
释义 | geniallyadv.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [adverb] > competently competently1660 genially1661 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xii. 111 Some constitutions are genially disposited to this mentall seriousness. 1692 tr. G. P. Marana Lett. Turkish Spy V. ii. i. 81 One Man is of a Poetick Constitution: Another is Genially inclin'd to Physick; a Third excels in Mechanicks. 2. In a genial manner; pleasantly, agreeably; (in later use usually) cheerfully; affably.In early use esp. with reference to the weather; cf. genial adj.1 4a. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [adverb] gladlyc900 blithec1000 merryOE blithelyc1175 cheerly1546 cheerily1559 cheerfully1560 heartsomely1637 genially1751 good-humouredly1753 smilingly1806 sunnily1817 riantly1821 sunnily1828 blithesomely1858 blithefully1864 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adverb] > with agreeable manner sweetly?c1225 plausibly1589 genially1751 personably1944 1751 J. Harris Hermes ii. iii. 266 The splendid Sun..genially warmeth..the fertile Earth. 1782 W. Cowper Progress of Error in Poems 412 Clearer skies and softer air..Freshening his lazy spirits as he ran, Unfolded genially and spread the man. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. vii. 192 To taste but of the crumbs he scattered to stray and stranger birds like me, was to feast genially. 1868 J. R. Lowell in Atlantic Almanac 1869 32/1 This genially garrulous Fellow of Oriel. 1914 J. McCabe George Bernard Shaw viii. 208 Shaw's pretence of realism and anti-romance is genially left on the shelf. 1978 New Scientist 10 Aug. 448/1 I remain genially sceptical of the coming microprocessor revolution. 2011 S. J. Henry Learning to Swim xiv. 69 ‘Hey guys,’ Baker said genially, ‘we need to talk a little.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1661 |
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