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单词 minionly
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minionlyadv.

Forms: 1500s mynionly, 1500s–1600s minionly; Scottish pre-1700 minȝionlie, pre-1700 minionlie.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: minion adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < minion adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare Middle French, French mignonnement (c1480).
Obsolete.
In a manner characteristic or suggestive of a minion; delicately, elegantly.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adverb] > delicately or daintily
gingerly?1520
minionly1545
daintily1561
daintly1563
minikinly1580
delicately1587
incony?1602
dainty1610
airily1823
1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) f. 50v At Athens he wolde..liue mynionly and elegantly [L. comiter & eleganter viveret].
1570 Mariage Witte & Sci. ii. iii. sig. Bivv How minionly she tryps, how sadlye she can walke.
1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 86 Many [women] trauise & daunce minionly.
1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 171 A House..very stately and minionly decked and trimmed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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