单词 | moanfully |
释义 | moanfullyadv. Now rare. In a moanful manner; so as to express grief or lamentation. Later also: so as to produce moaning. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > moaning or groaning > [adverb] moanfully1621 moaningly1796 groaningly1830 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 189 Monefully she would sit, dayes without words. a1677 I. Barrow Several Serm. Evil-speaking (1678) viii. 73 Μὴ στενάζετε κατ' ἀλλήλων. Do not (saith S. James) moanfully complain one against another. [Cf. James v. 9]. 1788 R. F. Greville Diary 20 Dec. (1930) 128 At one time He sighed violently & complained moanfully. 2000 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. (Nexis) 1 Sept. 4 The torte..was served with a moanfully good dollop of hazelnut praline ice cream. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1621 |
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