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单词 resignedly
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resignedlyadv.

Brit. /rᵻˈzʌɪnᵻdli/, U.S. /rəˈzaɪnədli/, /riˈzaɪnədli/
Forms: 1600s– resignedly, 1700s resin'dly (perhaps transmission error).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: resigned adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < resigned adj. + -ly suffix2.Like many other words in -edly, formerly often with e of the ending not pronounced, as is shown by the spelling resign'dly (found from the 17th to the early 20th cent., sometimes rhyming with blindly).
In a resigned manner; with resignation; submissively; philosophically, fatalistically.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > absence of resistance > [adverb] > in a resigned manner
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1613 A. Hoskins tr. Thomas à Kempis Following of Christ iii. vii. 145 When thou humbly, resignedly, and patiently sufferest the withdrawing therof.
1654 J. Ellistone & J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Mysterium Magnum iii. lxiv. 465 He must be fain to leave his Garment, that is, his Substance; and fly from thence nakedly, and resignedly in spirit and power, that his chast virginity may abide stedfast before God.
1671 A. Woodhead in tr. Life St. Teresa Pref. 19 She advised them, patiently, and resignedly, to bear this Cross.
a1700 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 386 Lovers in their Arms resign'dly died.
1786 tr. A. Beuvius Henrietta of Gerstenfeld xxix. 183 We must resignedly submit to the dispensations of an all-wise Providence.
1857 W. Collins Dead Secret II. vi. i. 201 To face resignedly the duties and the sacrifices which the discovery of it imposed on them.
1897 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 June 8/1 By this time the train has started, and my opposite neighbour resignedly throws his cigar out of the window.
1946 C. Bush Case Second Chance xvii. 250 ‘Well, we'd better be making a move,’ he told me resignedly.
1978 V. N. McIntyre Dreamsnake (1979) v. 101 The chemist turned, smiling resignedly.
2002 E. McLaughlin & N. Kraus Nanny Diaries i. 17 I pass many hot little people, looking resignedly uncomfortable in their sticky seats.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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