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单词 meaningly
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meaninglyadv.

Brit. /ˈmiːnɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈminɪŋli/
Forms: late Middle English menyngli, 1700s– meaningly.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meaning n.2, -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < meaning n.2 + -ly suffix2.
1.
a. By or with one's meaning or intention, by implication. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > [adverb] > in one's intention or purpose
meaninglyc1449
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 444 Who euer biddith openli ouȝwhere eny thing to be doon for a cause..wole priueli and menyngli in the same bidding lijk thing be doon in othere placis..where is the same cause.
b. Intentionally, purposely. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > [adverb]
willesOE
with one's willc1175
willes and waldesc1225
adviselya1325
wittinglya1340
wilfullyc1374
witting1377
a-purposea1382
of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382
wilfulc1381
willingly1402
of intention1430
knowingly1435
advisedlyc1449
deliberately1471
purpensely1472
purposely1495
prepensedly1496
purpensedly1496
purposedlya1540
proposely?1550
studiously1567
on (also upon) purpose1569
on set purpose1569
of industry1575
affectedly1582
premeditatelya1595
deliberatively1598
consultively1599
intentionallya1673
affectionally1603
by (also out of, on, upon) design1603
intentionately1609
industriouslya1616
perpensedly1624
intendedlya1641
unspontaneously1640
industrously1643
consultedly1645
consideringly1647
designedly1652
premeditatedly1653
wittily1653
intendingly1678
premeditatinglya1679
self-consciously1685
propensely1694
thinkingly1705
accidentally on purpose1711
affectionatelya1716
prepensely?1725
systematically1744
advertently1745
systemically1761
reflectively1775
purposefullya1854
meaningly1867
aimfully1870
purposively1878
designingly1879
proposedly1887
1867 G. Meredith Vittoria III. xxxv. 47 I do not believe that he..ever had the intention to betray us, or has done so in reality, that is, meaningly, of his own will.
2. So as to convey meaning; with significance (of look, tone, gesture, etc.).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > high significance, expressiveness > [adverb]
significatively?a1475
significantly1577
expressively?1623
speakingly1640
meaninglya1750
significant1861
pregnantly1878
meaningfully1890
a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) IV. 130 Man..Whose wreckless verse wou'd swim the storms of time, By force, not fury, meaningly, impell'd, To scorn the puny prostitutes of rhyme.
1862 Mrs. H. Wood Channings I. i. 9 He spoke meaningly, as if preparing them for a surprise.
1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 56 Fixing his eyes meaningly upon her.
1919 J. Conrad Arrow of Gold iv. iii. 168 She waited a little, then uttered meaningly, ‘Mr. Mills is a little bit uneasy about you.’
1926 Amer. Mercury Apr. 502/2 I therefore simply wink meaningly, and bow myself politely out.
1982 ‘E. Peters’ Virgin in Ice v. 68 One of the young women had drawn off in that direction, and was eyeing him meaningly over her shoulder.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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