† happenlyadv.

Forms: late Middle English happenly, 1500s hapynly; Scottish pre-1700 hapinly.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: haply adv., happily adv., happen adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of either haply adv. or happily adv., after happen v., although sense b may represent an independent formation < happen adj. + -ly suffix² Compare later happen adv.

Obsolete.

(a) By chance, by accident. (b) Fortunately, happily.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adverb] > fortunately or luckily

happilya1375

graciouslya1382

blessedlyc1420

happenlyc1450

faira1475

luckly1538

fortunately1548

fortunably?1567

luckily1590

providently1600

comiclya1633

providentially1648

comically1717

well-favouredly1773

serendipitously1969

good-enough1982

c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 146 (MED) Forto be dyuers and roode vnto hir, she myght happenly chaunge.

c1480 (a1400) St. Mark 25 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 240 Þare he sa hapinly wrocht þane, þat mony sawle to criste he wane.

1554 in Hereford Munic. MSS (transcript) (O.E.D. Archive) I. ii. 197 For thexchouyng of the mysordor that by the contrary myght hapynly ensue.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	happenly
释义	† happenlyadv. Forms: late Middle English happenly, 1500s hapynly; Scottish pre-1700 hapinly. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: haply adv., happily adv., happen adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps an alteration of either haply adv. or happily adv., after happen v., although sense b may represent an independent formation < happen adj. + -ly suffix² Compare later happen adv. Obsolete. (a) By chance, by accident. (b) Fortunately, happily. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adverb] > fortunately or luckily happilya1375 graciouslya1382 blessedlyc1420 happenlyc1450 faira1475 luckly1538 fortunately1548 fortunably?1567 luckily1590 providently1600 comiclya1633 providentially1648 comically1717 well-favouredly1773 serendipitously1969 good-enough1982 c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 146 (MED) Forto be dyuers and roode vnto hir, she myght happenly chaunge. c1480 (a1400) St. Mark 25 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 240 Þare he sa hapinly wrocht þane, þat mony sawle to criste he wane. 1554 in Hereford Munic. MSS (transcript) (O.E.D. Archive) I. ii. 197 For thexchouyng of the mysordor that by the contrary myght hapynly ensue. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.c1450
随便看	of etc force of etc manufacture of etc mark of etc memory of etc moment of etc mother's side of etc mund of etc name of etc promise of etc race of etc remark of etc resort of etc valor of etc valour of etc valure of etc weight of even date of even hand of even hands of every fin of exception of excess of faith of family of famous memory