单词 | awedly |
释义 | awedlyadv. In a manner suggesting a person is in awe of someone or something. ΚΠ 1858 A. P. Paton Web of Life xx. 383 It [sc. the statue of a child] wore a simple, sleeping gown, knelt with its fingers intertwined, and gazed upwards, awedly yet confidently. 1927 Chambers's Jrnl. 301/1 ‘He's afraid!’ the girl repeated—rather whisperingly, rather awedly. 2014 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 10 May 21 You catch yourself awedly mumbling: ‘Yes, yes, of course. But why the hell didn't I think of that?’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1858 |
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