单词 | over-tenderly |
释义 | over-tenderlyadv. With excessive tenderness.In quot. c1475: with excessive solicitude or diligence. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > [adverb] > specific over-tenderlyc1475 loving-kindlya1599 meltingly1680 kindheartedly1803 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > [adverb] > over-sensitively over-tenderlyc1475 oversensibly1579 supersensitively1840 c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 21 (MED) Newe doctouris..cleeven to moyses tablis so ouer tendirly, and as for al hool and sufficient commaundementis of god displaien hem so bisily. 1636 W. Davenant Witts iv. i. sig. F4v There is below, A Brother o'mine; whom (I take it) you Have us'd not overtenderlie. 1688 R. Blackbourn Clitie iii. 182 Inhumane as thou art, I who have over tenderly adored you..must I be made..the Draught to quench your bloody Thirst? 1847 J. Keble Serm. Academical & Occas. viii. 177 Do not shrink thus over-tenderly from the thought of losing me. 1874 Athenæum 24 Oct. 538/1 By the last the poor lady had not been over-tenderly treated, least of all by her husband. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1475 |
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