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单词 pensily
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pensilyadv.

Forms: late Middle English pensyly; Scottish 1700s pensily, 1700s–1800s pensylie.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pensy adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < pensy adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare pensively adv.
Obsolete.
1. Pensively, anxiously, sadly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [adverb] > pensively
pensily1469
pensively1569
1469 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 343 I pray ȝow and requere ȝow þat ȝe take yt not pensyly, fore I wot wele yt gothe ryth nere ȝowr hart.
2. Scottish. Self-importantly, conceitedly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adverb]
fastuously1654
pensily1725
with one's head in the air1788
pretentiously1848
uppishly1911
snottily1927
snootily1940
1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii. 9 He kames his Hair indeed, and goes right snug, With Ribon Knots at his blew Bonnet Lug; Whilk pensylie he wears a Thought a jee, And spreads his Garters dice'd beneath his Knee.
1841 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (ed. 2) at Pensy Pensylie, in a self-important manner.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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