murmuringlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈməːm(ə)rɪŋli/, U.S.

/ˈmərm(ə)rɪŋli/

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

Etymology: < murmuring adj. + -ly suffix².

In a murmuring voice; with or in a murmur; softly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [adverb]

dimly?c1225

dim1393

remissly1530

murmuringly1611

faintly1800

vague1864

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adverb]

plainandly?c1450

repiningly1571

gruntingly1611

complainingly1626

querimoniously1649

groininglya1656

growlingly1803

grumblingly1836

murmuringly1866

grouchily1906

bitchingly1970

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Murmurantement, murmuringly.

1654 J. Crandon Mr. Baxters Aphorisms Exorized & Anthorized ii. 285 At the sound of this doctrine..flesh and bloud swelleth murmuringly Crying out, What profit is it then to serve the Lord?

1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VII. vii. 39 I flung my fond arms about his neck, and..called him, murmuringly, the most just, the most generous, of men.

1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 10 558 The wing-stirr'd air shook murmuringly.

1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. x. 180 Greene..wrote murmuringly to Washington, that the fort might have kept the enemy at bay.

1916 C. H. Sorley Le Revenant in Marlborough 63 At once he felt not all his pain, But murmuringly apologised.

1988 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 11 July vi. 1/1 This transfiguration is recounted not in a rapt aria but a long, lofty, murmuringly underscored speech by Doeg.

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

单词	murmuringly
释义	murmuringlyadv. Brit. /ˈməːm(ə)rɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈmərm(ə)rɪŋli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: murmuring adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < murmuring adj. + -ly suffix². In a murmuring voice; with or in a murmur; softly. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [adverb] dimly?c1225 dim1393 remissly1530 murmuringly1611 faintly1800 vague1864 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > discontent or dissatisfaction > state of complaining > [adverb] plainandly?c1450 repiningly1571 gruntingly1611 complainingly1626 querimoniously1649 groininglya1656 growlingly1803 grumblingly1836 murmuringly1866 grouchily1906 bitchingly1970 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Murmurantement, murmuringly. 1654 J. Crandon Mr. Baxters Aphorisms Exorized & Anthorized ii. 285 At the sound of this doctrine..flesh and bloud swelleth murmuringly Crying out, What profit is it then to serve the Lord? 1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VII. vii. 39 I flung my fond arms about his neck, and..called him, murmuringly, the most just, the most generous, of men. 1843 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 10 558 The wing-stirr'd air shook murmuringly. 1866 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. IX. x. 180 Greene..wrote murmuringly to Washington, that the fort might have kept the enemy at bay. 1916 C. H. Sorley Le Revenant in Marlborough 63 At once he felt not all his pain, But murmuringly apologised. 1988 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 11 July vi. 1/1 This transfiguration is recounted not in a rapt aria but a long, lofty, murmuringly underscored speech by Doeg. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1611
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