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单词 propensely
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propenselyadv.

Brit. /prə(ʊ)ˈpɛnsli/, U.S. /prəˈpɛnsli/, /proʊˈpɛnsli/
Forms: 1600s– propensely, 1600s–1700s propensly.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: propense adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < propense adj. + -ly suffix2. With sense 2 compare earlier prepensedly adv. at prepensed adj. Derivatives, purpensely adv., and later prepensely adv.; compare discussion at pro- prefix1.
1. With inclination or propensity; readily, favourably. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb]
to goodeOE
thankc888
yernec888
lieflyc900
lovelyeOE
lustly971
willinglyOE
wilfullyc1000
with (also mid) heart and hand (also hands)OE
fainc1175
lustilya1225
lief1297
yfaȝea1300
blethelyc1300
goodlya1375
blelyc1380
willingc1384
bainc1400
acceptably1479
bainlya1500
cheerfully1523
towardly1523
desirously1531
pronely?1532
fainly1535
wilningly1597
bongre1598
libentiously1606
volently1614
propensely1648
easily1649
with (a) good grace1650
unreluctantly1655
with the best will (in the world)1814
unhesitatingly1829
unqualifyingly1841
unloathly1844
happily1889
the world > action or operation > advantage > [adverb] > advantageously or favourably
towardly1523
propicely1541
propitiously1834
propensely1922
1648 Kingdomes Weekly Intelligencer No. 256. 912 His Majesty..oftentimes (when the weather is faire) delights himselfe in the Bowling-alley, it being a recreation to which he hath bin always (but never propensely) addicted.
1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 138 They but too propensely sink of themselves.
1693 Antiq. Reviv'd 111 Men being too propensely disposed and interested in adhering to the crimes of their nearest Kindred and Acquaintance.
1754 T. Blacklock Hymn Supreme Being in Poems 15 Thou behold'st the whole propensely tend To perfect happiness, its glorious end.
1792 T. Dermody Poems 101 Lo! thou com'st, Propensely ready at the wretch's call.
1829 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. 2nd Ser. II. v. 191 You..will have leant more propensely toward this opinion.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 396 If I had poor luck with Bass's mare perhaps this draught of his may serve me more propensely.
2. Premeditatedly, intentionally; = prepensely adv. See propense adj. 2. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > [adverb]
willesOE
with one's willc1175
willes and waldesc1225
adviselya1325
wittinglya1340
wilfullyc1374
witting1377
a-purposea1382
of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382
wilfulc1381
willingly1402
of intention1430
knowingly1435
advisedlyc1449
deliberately1471
purpensely1472
purposely1495
prepensedly1496
purpensedly1496
purposedlya1540
proposely?1550
studiously1567
on (also upon) purpose1569
on set purpose1569
of industry1575
affectedly1582
premeditatelya1595
deliberatively1598
consultively1599
intentionallya1673
affectionally1603
by (also out of, on, upon) design1603
intentionately1609
industriouslya1616
perpensedly1624
intendedlya1641
unspontaneously1640
industrously1643
consultedly1645
consideringly1647
designedly1652
premeditatedly1653
wittily1653
intendingly1678
premeditatinglya1679
self-consciously1685
propensely1694
thinkingly1705
accidentally on purpose1711
affectionatelya1716
prepensely?1725
systematically1744
advertently1745
systemically1761
reflectively1775
purposefullya1854
meaningly1867
aimfully1870
purposively1878
designingly1879
proposedly1887
1694 E. Phillips tr. J. Milton Lett. of State 22 Nor can we apprehend..that the Blood of the Innocent, shed by a propensely malicious Murder, is not to be aveng'd.
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. xxvii. 170 A real and substantial oath propensly formed against Yorick, to whom he was known to bear no good liking.
1777 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions VI. cxvii. 7 One fellow-creature set his heart propensely against another!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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