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单词 benevolently
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benevolentlyadv.

Etymology: < benevolent adj. + -ly suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: beˈnevolently.
In a benevolent manner; with benevolence.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > [adverb]
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blithec1000
blithelyc1000
goodfullya1300
blethelyc1300
milthlyc1300
kindlya1375
benignlyc1380
en-gree14..
homelya1425
benevolently1532
benign1535
obsequiously?1536
kindly1581
kind1592
propitiously1600
kindlily1625
well-meaningly1645
obligingly1646
candidly1650
beneficentlya1717
kindly-like1716
good-naturedly1725
benignantly1791
kindheartedly1803
1532 T. Elyot Let. in Gouernour (1880) I. Introd. p. lxxvii It pleasid you so benevolently to remembre me.
1543–4 Act 35 Hen. VIII xii His subiectes..most willyngly and beneuolently..do remit..the same summes of money.
1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic (1883) i. ii. 156 A debt benevolently contracted to serve a friend.
1879 Sat. Rev. 5 July 21 He was benevolently engaged in making catches [at cricket].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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