greenlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈɡriːnli/, U.S.

/ˈɡrinli/

Forms: see green adj. and n.¹ and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: green adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < green adj. + -ly suffix².

†1. Apparently: (of a woman) in the condition of having recently given birth. Cf. green adj. 7c. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [adverb] > after birth

greenly1562

post-natally1916

neonatally1945

1562 Complaint of Churche 9 in J. P. Collier Illustr. Early Eng. Pop. Lit. (1863) I None sparde, not women great with childe, nor greenly laid in bed, But hang or kill for gospels cause; record the bodies dead.

†a. So as to look green. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adverb]

greenly1582

verdantly1828

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 79 With twisted garland and leau's, spred greenlye, she garnisht Thee place of her burial.

b. With a green colour.

ΚΠ

1612 F. Holyoake Riders Dict. (ed. 3) sig. Vvv8/3 Viride, Greenely.

1771 J. Whitaker Hist. Manch. I. ix. 295 The common glasses of the Romans and Roman-Britons..appear to have generally consisted of a clear but greenly tinctured metal.

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 21 The straight Small bed was curtained greenly.

1881 C. M. Yonge Lads & Lasses Langley iv. 149 Rows of hops, with the sun glancing greenly through on the waving clusters.

1921 E. O'Neill Emperor Jones vii. 192 A huge head of a crocodile appears over the bank and its eyes, glittering greenly, fasten upon Jones.

1966 M. Laurence in Atlantic Advocate Mar. 36/1 You could look out the windows and see..the water glistening greenly as the sun caught it.

2001 N. Weinstock As long as she needs Me 122 Her dress moved greenly over her figure as she adjusted the napkin on her lap.

c. With green vegetation. Chiefly poetic and literary.

ΚΠ

1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xlvi. 26 Gray but leafy walls, where Ruin greenly dwells.

1850 A. Cary in A. Cary & P. Cary Poems of Alice & Phoebe Carey 37 My heart shall rest where greenly flow The willows o'er the meadow.

1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 198 The valley widens greenly toward other mountains.

1905 L. Binyon in Academy 7 Oct. 1029/2 We rounded Old hills greenly mounded.

1962 H. Carter in First Person Rural (1963) xiv. 124 Our temperate Southern climate, with its perfumed nights and greenly gracious days, is just right for belles.

1995 J. Tarr Pillar of Fire (1997) lxiv. 605 As greenly placid as the land seemed, the city had the same bleak lost look as the rest of Egypt.

3. In an inexperienced or unskilful manner; naively. Now archaic and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > in an inexperienced manner

youngly1533

greenly1604

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 81 We haue done but greenly In hugger mugger to inter him.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 143 I cannot looke greenely, nor gaspe out my eloquence.

1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. ii, in Wks. I. 236 He (greenly credulous) shall withdraw thus.

1820 W. Scott Monastery III. v. 139 I must assist you I reckon, for you are setting very greenly about this gear.

1903 B. White Quo Vaditis? x. 191 Twas greenly done, ye moan,—that gift by the Founders of a vote to every man. But tis done.

4. figurative (with allusion to growing vegetation). Freshly, vigorously, youthfully.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb]

hardlyeOE

strongeOE

hardOE

fastOE

starklyOE

stalworthlyc1175

starkc1225

mainlyc1300

fellc1330

snellc1330

stout1338

wightlya1340

sadlya1375

sharplyc1380

tough1398

stoutly1399

throa1400

wighta1400

lustilyc1400

sorec1400

vigourslyc1400

stiff1422

vigoriouslya1450

vigorouslya1450

actuallya1470

stourlyc1480

forcely?a1500

lustly1529

fricklyc1540

dingilya1555

livelily?1565

crankly1566

forcibly1578

crank1579

wightily?a1600

proudly1600

energetically1609

stiffly1623

ding-dong1628

greenly1633

hard and fast1646

slashingly1659

thwackingly1660

warmlya1684

robustly1709

sonsily1729

forcefullya1774

vim1843

zippily1924

vibrantly1926

punchily1934

zingily1951

the world > people > person > young person > [adverb] > vigorously

greenly1633

1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island i. iii. 2 Two gentle swains, Whose sprouting youth did now but greenly bud.

1816 Ld. Byron Parisina xx, in Siege of Corinth 89 The rest shall bloom and live All greenly fresh.

1866 Beadle's Monthly July 95/1 So many amiable families, each from a patriarch who sprung up greenly from some wind-borne spore, and lives as greenly yet with his thrifty progeny about him.

1879 M. C. Houstoun Wild West xxiv. 249 I could not flatter myself that in the hearts of even one of those whom I had striven to aid my memory would greenly live.

1979 W. Styron Sophie's Choice 379 A day..prematurely warm and greenly burgeoning with spring, ferns unfolding, the forsythia in early bud.

2007 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Feb. 25/2 Those words liveoak, pine,..magnolia, still flower greenly in the mind before McCarthy crushes them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	greenly
释义	greenlyadv. Brit. /ˈɡriːnli/, U.S. /ˈɡrinli/ Forms: see green adj. and n.¹ and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: green adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < green adj. + -ly suffix². †1. Apparently: (of a woman) in the condition of having recently given birth. Cf. green adj. 7c. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [adverb] > after birth greenly1562 post-natally1916 neonatally1945 1562 Complaint of Churche 9 in J. P. Collier Illustr. Early Eng. Pop. Lit. (1863) I None sparde, not women great with childe, nor greenly laid in bed, But hang or kill for gospels cause; record the bodies dead. 2. †a. So as to look green. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > green or greenness > [adverb] greenly1582 verdantly1828 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 79 With twisted garland and leau's, spred greenlye, she garnisht Thee place of her burial. b. With a green colour. ΚΠ 1612 F. Holyoake Riders Dict. (ed. 3) sig. Vvv8/3 Viride, Greenely. 1771 J. Whitaker Hist. Manch. I. ix. 295 The common glasses of the Romans and Roman-Britons..appear to have generally consisted of a clear but greenly tinctured metal. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh i. 21 The straight Small bed was curtained greenly. 1881 C. M. Yonge Lads & Lasses Langley iv. 149 Rows of hops, with the sun glancing greenly through on the waving clusters. 1921 E. O'Neill Emperor Jones vii. 192 A huge head of a crocodile appears over the bank and its eyes, glittering greenly, fasten upon Jones. 1966 M. Laurence in Atlantic Advocate Mar. 36/1 You could look out the windows and see..the water glistening greenly as the sun caught it. 2001 N. Weinstock As long as she needs Me 122 Her dress moved greenly over her figure as she adjusted the napkin on her lap. c. With green vegetation. Chiefly poetic and literary. ΚΠ 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xlvi. 26 Gray but leafy walls, where Ruin greenly dwells. 1850 A. Cary in A. Cary & P. Cary Poems of Alice & Phoebe Carey 37 My heart shall rest where greenly flow The willows o'er the meadow. 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 198 The valley widens greenly toward other mountains. 1905 L. Binyon in Academy 7 Oct. 1029/2 We rounded Old hills greenly mounded. 1962 H. Carter in First Person Rural (1963) xiv. 124 Our temperate Southern climate, with its perfumed nights and greenly gracious days, is just right for belles. 1995 J. Tarr Pillar of Fire (1997) lxiv. 605 As greenly placid as the land seemed, the city had the same bleak lost look as the rest of Egypt. 3. In an inexperienced or unskilful manner; naively. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > in an inexperienced manner youngly1533 greenly1604 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. v. 81 We haue done but greenly In hugger mugger to inter him. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 143 I cannot looke greenely, nor gaspe out my eloquence. View more context for this quotation 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. ii, in Wks. I. 236 He (greenly credulous) shall withdraw thus. 1820 W. Scott Monastery III. v. 139 I must assist you I reckon, for you are setting very greenly about this gear. 1903 B. White Quo Vaditis? x. 191 Twas greenly done, ye moan,—that gift by the Founders of a vote to every man. But tis done. 4. figurative (with allusion to growing vegetation). Freshly, vigorously, youthfully. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] hardlyeOE strongeOE hardOE fastOE starklyOE stalworthlyc1175 starkc1225 mainlyc1300 fellc1330 snellc1330 stout1338 wightlya1340 sadlya1375 sharplyc1380 tough1398 stoutly1399 throa1400 wighta1400 lustilyc1400 sorec1400 vigourslyc1400 stiff1422 vigoriouslya1450 vigorouslya1450 actuallya1470 stourlyc1480 forcely?a1500 lustly1529 fricklyc1540 dingilya1555 livelily?1565 crankly1566 forcibly1578 crank1579 wightily?a1600 proudly1600 energetically1609 stiffly1623 ding-dong1628 greenly1633 hard and fast1646 slashingly1659 thwackingly1660 warmlya1684 robustly1709 sonsily1729 forcefullya1774 vim1843 zippily1924 vibrantly1926 punchily1934 zingily1951 the world > people > person > young person > [adverb] > vigorously greenly1633 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island i. iii. 2 Two gentle swains, Whose sprouting youth did now but greenly bud. 1816 Ld. Byron Parisina xx, in Siege of Corinth 89 The rest shall bloom and live All greenly fresh. 1866 Beadle's Monthly July 95/1 So many amiable families, each from a patriarch who sprung up greenly from some wind-borne spore, and lives as greenly yet with his thrifty progeny about him. 1879 M. C. Houstoun Wild West xxiv. 249 I could not flatter myself that in the hearts of even one of those whom I had striven to aid my memory would greenly live. 1979 W. Styron Sophie's Choice 379 A day..prematurely warm and greenly burgeoning with spring, ferns unfolding, the forsythia in early bud. 2007 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Feb. 25/2 Those words liveoak, pine,..magnolia, still flower greenly in the mind before McCarthy crushes them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1562
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