单词 | propensely |
释义 | propenselyadv. 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. 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). < adv.1648 |
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