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单词 pipingly
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pipinglyadv.

Brit. /ˈpʌɪpɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈpaɪpɪŋli/
Forms: late Middle English pypyngly, 1800s– pipingly.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: piping adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < piping adj. + -ly suffix2.
rare before 19th cent.
In a piping manner; with a piping voice.
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a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 101 Ȝif he, þat haþ a pleyn & an open boystous voice by kynde, speke hem poerly & pypyngly..þan it is a verrey token of ypocrisie.
1831 E. Fitzgerald Let. 5–9 Oct. (1945) I. 171 I hear the winds cry pipingly.
1870 Appletons' Jrnl. 8 Oct. 424/2 A sleepy, frowsy-headed boy..is bidden to have an eye around, to which he pipingly assents.
1946 H. Becker German Youth v. 80 The pipingly boyish and uncertainly adolescent voices resound.
2000 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 22 Jan. (Editorial section) b7 ‘Are you really the most important man in the world?’ the child inquired pipingly.

Compounds

pipingly hot adj. rare = piping hot adj. at piping adj. Compounds 1.
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1804 W. Dimond Hunter of Alps ii. ii. 30 Marry, master Vincent, Fortune's sun must have shone upon you pipingly hot, since yesterday.
2003 Southland (N.Z.) Times (Nexis) 29 Jan. (Travel section) 14 Huge and pipingly hot traditional meat and swede-filled pastries.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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