† needlyadj.¹

Forms: see need n.¹ and -ly suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: need n.¹, -ly suffix².

Etymology: < need n.¹ + -ly suffix². Compare Middle Low German nōtlik.

Obsolete.

Necessary.

ΚΠ

OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) viii. 80 Tacentibus non facile potest medela oportuni et necessarii sermonis adhiberi : swigendum na eþelice mæg lacnung gedafenlicre & neodlicre spræce beon gegearwud.

c1225 Worcester Glosses to Old Eng. Homilies in Anglia (1928) 52 22 Þearflic : neodlic.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

needlyadj.²

Brit.

/ˈniːdli/, U.S.

/ˈnidli/

Forms: 1600s– needly, 1800s needley.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: needle n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < needle n. + -y suffix¹.

Resembling a needle or needles; forming sharp points; covered with or full of needles.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > slender and

spear-like1567

styliform1578

styliformed1578

lance-like1579

arrowy1637

needle-like1672

needly1694

spiculated1745

lanceolated1752

subulated1752

subulate1757

lanceolate1760

toothpick1761

spear-shaped1763

lance-shaped1776

hastate1777

needle-formed1784

needled1786

needle-shaped1786

subuliform1804

aciform?a1808

needle-form1807

spicular1813

hastiformc1820

speary1821

splintery1836

aiguillesque1856

fleam-shaped1856

toothpick-shaped1905

1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 52 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. The needly Snow is generated by Westerly and Southerly Winds.

1772 N. D. Falck Treat. Venereal Dis. iii. iv. 398 For the crystals of calomel, are naturally of a needly form.

a1820 J. Woodhouse Life Crispinus Scriblerus iv. in Life & Poet. Wks. (1896) I. 82/1 Those, in thick, shaggy, shining robes array'd—These, speck'd with points of blue, and needley, blade.

1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xxiii. 262 His..small quick eyes, and black needly beard.

1886 E. Douglas Punchinello & Judith i. iv. 30 On the mountain peaks, Where oreads reach their hands up t'ward the stars, Dancing on needly pinnacles.

1931 A. Huxley Cicadas 61 Sightless, I breathe and touch; this night of pines Is needly, resinous and rough with bark.

1968 Ecol. Monogr. 38 151/2 No discernable patterns were observed in the dry, exposed Dryas stands other than needly-ice in loose soil and gravel.

1997 T. Clark Empire of Skin i. 29 He made 200 bunches Of needly hemlock branches And racked them up On some fish-drying poles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† needlyadv.¹

Forms: early Old English niudlicae (Northumbrian), Old English neodlice, early Middle English neodeliche, early Middle English neodelukest (superlative), early Middle English neodliche, Middle English 1600s needely, Middle English–1500s nedely.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English nēod , -ly suffix².

Etymology: < Old English nēod zeal, eagerness, diligence (cognate with Old Frisian niōd , Old Saxon niud , Old High German niot , niet , nīt ; further etymology uncertain) + -ly suffix². Compare Old Saxon niudlīko . Compare needful adj.²

Obsolete.

Eagerly, earnestly; diligently, carefully.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > with studious care or diligently

yernlyc725

needlyeOE

yerneOE

getenlya1200

diligently1340

studiouslya1382

assiduallya1400

ithandlya1400

throngc1400

diligent1479

abidingly1530

industriously1572

sedulously1594

applyingly1624

assiduously1627

eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. xlvii. 262 Rudan geseoð on ele oððe on wine & dile smire þa sidan mid þy neodlice.

OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Corpus Oxf.) ii. x. 134 Nænig þinra þegna neodlicor ne gelustfullicor hine sylfne underþeodde to ura goda bigange þonne ic.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 15593 Heo arisen up..& neodeliche ȝerden [c1300 Otho ȝornliche luste] of þissere uncuðe talen.

a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 6117 Nedely..I wole and charge thee To telle anoon thy wonyng places.

c1560 (a1500) Squyr Lowe Degre (Copland) 293 (MED) He bethought hym nedely..How he myght venged be.

c1600 (c1350) Alisaunder (Greaves) (1929) 747 A rink Þis..queene..sendes Anon too Nectanabus and needely hym praies, Þat he cofly comme too carpen her tyll.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

needlyadv.²

Brit.

/ˈniːdli/, U.S.

/ˈnidli/

Forms: Middle English nedeli, Middle English nedelich, Middle English nedeliche, Middle English nedelye, Middle English nedliche, Middle English nedlike, Middle English nedly, Middle English nedlych, Middle English nedlyche, Middle English–1500s nedely, Middle English–1600s needely, Middle English–1600s 1800s– needly (English regional (Yorkshire)), 1500s medlye (transmission error), 1500s needelye, 1500s needlie, 1500s needlye (transmission error); Scottish pre-1700 nedely, pre-1700 nedly.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: need n.¹, -ly suffix².

Etymology: < need n.¹ + -ly suffix². Compare early modern Dutch noodelijk, Middle Low German nōtlīken, Middle High German nōtlīche, nœtlīche.In later Middle English and early modern English forms with medial -e- , this word is difficult to distinguish from needily adv.; some of the examples given here could alternatively be analysed as showing that word.

Now rare (English regional (Yorkshire)).

Necessarily; of necessity; under constraint or obligation; = needs adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > [adverb]

yernlyc725

yerneOE

yernfullyOE

earnestlyOE

fastOE

needlya1350

keenlya1375

prestlya1375

eagerlyc1380

busilya1400

earnestfullya1400

enkerly?a1400

entirelya1400

affectuously?a1425

affectuallyc1425

effectually1434

heartfullya1450

heartilya1450

increlyc1480

zealously?1495

affectionately1534

earnest1563

heart and soul1620

obnixiously1632

obnixely1641

earn1656

warmly1665

enthusiastically1730

con amore1749

ravingly1825

wholeheartedly1845

enthusiastly1846

the mind > will > necessity > [adverb]

needeOE

of (also for, on) needeOE

needseOE

needlingc1225

needs cost?a1300

needlingsc1300

needlya1350

of necessityc1390

needfullya1398

necessarily?a1400

needgatesa1400

needingsa1400

needwaysa1400

needslyc1425

perforcec1425

needilyc1475

needwayc1480

of (or on) force?1507

need-forcea1525

requisitely1565

of very force1587

necessitously1637

necessitively1647

par force1819

imperatively1833

necessitatedly1864

of perforce1897

a1350 Life St. Alexius (Laud) l. 116 in F. J. Furnivall Adam Davy's 5 Dreams (1878) 35 (MED) Alex, of þat he myȝtte gete, Nedliche bote þat him-self wolde ete, he ne held to his by-houe.

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 12399 Alle þo þat sey ‘hem byhoueþ nedely,’ Þey acouþe God of here folye.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 7926 Nedeli [a1450 Lamb. Nedlike] at þe I mot witte how, who þan gate þi sone Merlyn.

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 342 Ech sufficience of man mut nedeli be ȝovun of God.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 259 (MED) He muste nedely obbey the writynge of the pope.

c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 120 He wolde nedely be armed.

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 11^v Slouthe nor delay not that thou must nedely execute.

c1530 Court of Love 644, in W. W. Skeat Compl. Wks. G. Chaucer (1897) VII. 426 Sith this thing of newe is yeve me, ay To love and serve, needly must I obey.

1596 T. Lodge Margarite of Amer. sig. D4 A grove, thorow which the new married couple should needly passe.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rev. xiii. 7) The Jesuites will still needly have the Roman Church to be the Catholike Church.

1903 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (at cited word) [Holderness, Yorkshire].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

adj.¹OE

adj.²1694

adv.¹eOE

adv.²a1350

单词	needly
释义	† needlyadj.¹ Forms: see need n.¹ and -ly suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: need n.¹, -ly suffix². Etymology: < need n.¹ + -ly suffix². Compare Middle Low German nōtlik. Obsolete. Necessary. ΚΠ OE tr. Defensor Liber Scintillarum (1969) viii. 80 Tacentibus non facile potest medela oportuni et necessarii sermonis adhiberi : swigendum na eþelice mæg lacnung gedafenlicre & neodlicre spræce beon gegearwud. c1225 Worcester Glosses to Old Eng. Homilies in Anglia (1928) 52 22 Þearflic : neodlic. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2021). needlyadj.² Brit. /ˈniːdli/, U.S. /ˈnidli/ Forms: 1600s– needly, 1800s needley. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: needle n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < needle n. + -y suffix¹. Resembling a needle or needles; forming sharp points; covered with or full of needles. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] > slender and spear-like1567 styliform1578 styliformed1578 lance-like1579 arrowy1637 needle-like1672 needly1694 spiculated1745 lanceolated1752 subulated1752 subulate1757 lanceolate1760 toothpick1761 spear-shaped1763 lance-shaped1776 hastate1777 needle-formed1784 needled1786 needle-shaped1786 subuliform1804 aciform?a1808 needle-form1807 spicular1813 hastiformc1820 speary1821 splintery1836 aiguillesque1856 fleam-shaped1856 toothpick-shaped1905 1694 tr. F. Martens Voy. Spitzbergen 52 in Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. The needly Snow is generated by Westerly and Southerly Winds. 1772 N. D. Falck Treat. Venereal Dis. iii. iv. 398 For the crystals of calomel, are naturally of a needly form. a1820 J. Woodhouse Life Crispinus Scriblerus iv. in Life & Poet. Wks. (1896) I. 82/1 Those, in thick, shaggy, shining robes array'd—These, speck'd with points of blue, and needley, blade. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. xxiii. 262 His..small quick eyes, and black needly beard. 1886 E. Douglas Punchinello & Judith i. iv. 30 On the mountain peaks, Where oreads reach their hands up t'ward the stars, Dancing on needly pinnacles. 1931 A. Huxley Cicadas 61 Sightless, I breathe and touch; this night of pines Is needly, resinous and rough with bark. 1968 Ecol. Monogr. 38 151/2 No discernable patterns were observed in the dry, exposed Dryas stands other than needly-ice in loose soil and gravel. 1997 T. Clark Empire of Skin i. 29 He made 200 bunches Of needly hemlock branches And racked them up On some fish-drying poles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † needlyadv.¹ Forms: early Old English niudlicae (Northumbrian), Old English neodlice, early Middle English neodeliche, early Middle English neodelukest (superlative), early Middle English neodliche, Middle English 1600s needely, Middle English–1500s nedely. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English nēod , -ly suffix². Etymology: < Old English nēod zeal, eagerness, diligence (cognate with Old Frisian niōd , Old Saxon niud , Old High German niot , niet , nīt ; further etymology uncertain) + -ly suffix². Compare Old Saxon niudlīko . Compare needful adj.² Obsolete. Eagerly, earnestly; diligently, carefully. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > with studious care or diligently yernlyc725 needlyeOE yerneOE getenlya1200 diligently1340 studiouslya1382 assiduallya1400 ithandlya1400 throngc1400 diligent1479 abidingly1530 industriously1572 sedulously1594 applyingly1624 assiduously1627 eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. xlvii. 262 Rudan geseoð on ele oððe on wine & dile smire þa sidan mid þy neodlice. OE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Corpus Oxf.) ii. x. 134 Nænig þinra þegna neodlicor ne gelustfullicor hine sylfne underþeodde to ura goda bigange þonne ic. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 15593 Heo arisen up..& neodeliche ȝerden [c1300 Otho ȝornliche luste] of þissere uncuðe talen. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) 6117 Nedely..I wole and charge thee To telle anoon thy wonyng places. c1560 (a1500) Squyr Lowe Degre (Copland) 293 (MED) He bethought hym nedely..How he myght venged be. c1600 (c1350) Alisaunder (Greaves) (1929) 747 A rink Þis..queene..sendes Anon too Nectanabus and needely hym praies, Þat he cofly comme too carpen her tyll. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021). needlyadv.² Brit. /ˈniːdli/, U.S. /ˈnidli/ Forms: Middle English nedeli, Middle English nedelich, Middle English nedeliche, Middle English nedelye, Middle English nedliche, Middle English nedlike, Middle English nedly, Middle English nedlych, Middle English nedlyche, Middle English–1500s nedely, Middle English–1600s needely, Middle English–1600s 1800s– needly (English regional (Yorkshire)), 1500s medlye (transmission error), 1500s needelye, 1500s needlie, 1500s needlye (transmission error); Scottish pre-1700 nedely, pre-1700 nedly. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: need n.¹, -ly suffix². Etymology: < need n.¹ + -ly suffix². Compare early modern Dutch noodelijk, Middle Low German nōtlīken, Middle High German nōtlīche, nœtlīche.In later Middle English and early modern English forms with medial -e- , this word is difficult to distinguish from needily adv.; some of the examples given here could alternatively be analysed as showing that word. Now rare (English regional (Yorkshire)). Necessarily; of necessity; under constraint or obligation; = needs adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > [adverb] yernlyc725 yerneOE yernfullyOE earnestlyOE fastOE needlya1350 keenlya1375 prestlya1375 eagerlyc1380 busilya1400 earnestfullya1400 enkerly?a1400 entirelya1400 affectuously?a1425 affectuallyc1425 effectually1434 heartfullya1450 heartilya1450 increlyc1480 zealously?1495 affectionately1534 earnest1563 heart and soul1620 obnixiously1632 obnixely1641 earn1656 warmly1665 enthusiastically1730 con amore1749 ravingly1825 wholeheartedly1845 enthusiastly1846 the mind > will > necessity > [adverb] needeOE of (also for, on) needeOE needseOE needlingc1225 needs cost?a1300 needlingsc1300 needlya1350 of necessityc1390 needfullya1398 necessarily?a1400 needgatesa1400 needingsa1400 needwaysa1400 needslyc1425 perforcec1425 needilyc1475 needwayc1480 of (or on) force?1507 need-forcea1525 requisitely1565 of very force1587 necessitously1637 necessitively1647 par force1819 imperatively1833 necessitatedly1864 of perforce1897 a1350 Life St. Alexius (Laud) l. 116 in F. J. Furnivall Adam Davy's 5 Dreams (1878) 35 (MED) Alex, of þat he myȝtte gete, Nedliche bote þat him-self wolde ete, he ne held to his by-houe. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 12399 Alle þo þat sey ‘hem byhoueþ nedely,’ Þey acouþe God of here folye. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 7926 Nedeli [a1450 Lamb. Nedlike] at þe I mot witte how, who þan gate þi sone Merlyn. a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 342 Ech sufficience of man mut nedeli be ȝovun of God. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 259 (MED) He muste nedely obbey the writynge of the pope. c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 120 He wolde nedely be armed. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 11^v Slouthe nor delay not that thou must nedely execute. c1530 Court of Love 644, in W. W. Skeat Compl. Wks. G. Chaucer (1897) VII. 426 Sith this thing of newe is yeve me, ay To love and serve, needly must I obey. 1596 T. Lodge Margarite of Amer. sig. D4 A grove, thorow which the new married couple should needly passe. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Rev. xiii. 7) The Jesuites will still needly have the Roman Church to be the Catholike Church. 1903 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (at cited word) [Holderness, Yorkshire]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹OEadj.²1694adv.¹eOEadv.²a1350
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