shrinkingn.

Etymology: < shrink v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshrinking.

a. Contraction and reduction in size or volume through the action of heat, cold, or moisture; the drawing up or withering (of sinews, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun]

waningc900

littlingOE

lessingc1350

abating1370

diminutionc1374

minishinga1382

decrease1383

remissiona1398

shrinkinga1398

decreasing1398

adminishing?c1400

abbreviation?a1425

lessening?a1425

minoration?a1425

disincrease1430

abatement1433

restrictiona1450

batea1475

diminuation1477

limitation1483

abate1486

minute1495

minishment1533

mitigation1533

diminishinga1535

extenuation1542

slacking1542

reduce1549

diminishment1551

perditionc1555

debatementa1563

rebatement1573

obstriction1578

imminution1583

contracting1585

contraction1589

rabate1589

rebating1598

retrenchmentc1600

decession1606

ravalling1609

reducement1619

decrement1621

bating1629

shrivellinga1631

decretion1635

dejection1652

abater1653

rolling back1658

limiting1677

batement1679

reduction1695

depression1793

downdraw1813

descent1832

decess1854

lowering1868

shrinkage1873

dégringolade1883

minification1894

degrowth1920

downrating1950

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [noun] > contraction > shrinking

shrinkinga1398

shrinkage1800

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xxxix. 1188 An hors haþ schrynkynge of senewes, and tokne heerof is þat alle þe veynes beþ ystreight vp on þe heed and þe nekke.

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS.) v. xii By reuelynge and scherenkynge..of þe synew of felynge.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 449/1 Schrynkynge, rigiditas.

1671 R. Boyle in Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2046 The Bladder, whose regular Intumescencies and shrinkings sufficiently manifested, that the vessel..did not leak.

1671 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa i. xxxiii. 231 That shrinking up of all my sinnews.

1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum Introd. 19 We must allow for shrinking in the Silk grograin Phrase of Rethoricians.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 110 Except what it [corn] loseth in the first Year's shrinking, and loss of Weight.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 324 The regular shrinking of clay by heat.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 136 Coldness and shrinking of the extremities.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. viii. 264 Successive shrinkings [of a glacier]..have occurred at intervals of centuries.

b. (See shrink v. 10b.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > shrinking

shrinking1856

preshrinkage1924

Rigmel1931

Sanforizing1948

London shrinking1957

1856 S. Warner Hills of Shatemuc xii They [socks] wouldn't want shrinking.

2. Physical, mental, or moral recoiling from a burden, danger, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > shrinking or recoiling

wondingc1440

recoil1567

shrinking1580

flinching1600

shrugginga1617

reluctancea1628

blanching1642

smaying1678

shying1796

flinch1817

funking1823

blenching1868

recoiling1892

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Affaissement..a shrinking vnder a great burthen.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tergiversation,..a flinching..or shrinking backe.

1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 234 A kind of prodigious shrinking of the Eye of Heaven from the view of so black a wickedness.

1782 W. Cowper Poet, Oyster, & Sensitive Plant 66 His censure reach'd them as he dealt it, And each by shrinking show'd he felt it.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxv. 596 [She] never mentioned her name but with a shrinking and terror.

1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 509 Not without some craven shrinkings.

1882 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. II. 137 There was no shrinking here from a full declaration of the Royal Supremacy.

attributive.1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xxvii. 259 One shrinking motion, one stifled scream.

†3. Shrugging (of the shoulders). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > other gestures > [noun] > shrug

shruggingc1460

shrink1590

shrug1594

shrinking1638

macaroni shrug1775

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 293 The shrinking up of the shoulders..is a gesture belonging to a base, servile, and craftie knave.

4. Estrangement. (Cf. shrinking adj. 2a.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > hatred > quarrel or falling out > [noun] > alienation in feeling or affection

innaturality1579

abalienation1596

estrangedness1645

estrangement1736

alienization1796

shrinking1842

1842 H. E. Manning Serm. i. 12 The sins of the heathen world..began in a shrinking of the heart from God.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

shrinkingadj.

Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshrinking.

1. That shrinks, contracts, is reduced in size or volume, or is withered or shrivelled. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective]

shrinking?a1400

welkinga1400

moderativec1487

thinning1551

wanzing1571

decreasing1591

restricting1606

lessening1611

waning1632

assuaging1651

limiting1656

mitigating1749

diminishing1793

decrescent1811

shrivelling1849

dropping1894

scanting1916

the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > contracting

shrinking?a1400

contracting1765

shrivelling1849

?a1400 Morte Arth. 1857 Schalkes they schotte thrughe schrenkande maylez.

1583 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 277 Yorkschyre clayth, cairsayes, and all sort of schrynking clayth.

1631 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata xvi. §180 Pandus Asellus... The shrinking or crooked little asse.

1805 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Inferno xxv. 57 Thus up the shrinking paper, ere it burns, A brown tint glides.

1883 Daily News 3 Oct. 2/5 Reports of shrinking prices in China.

†a. Rebelling (against God); backsliding.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > apostasy > [adjective]

forraughtc1175

renayedc1380

apostate1382

apostasied1393

relapse?a1425

departed1439

renegate1488

retractive1509

apostatical1532

shrinking1535

apostatatec1540

runagate1558

apostatic1583

apostatous1588

collapsed1609

renegado1612

recreant1613

apotactical1615

apostatized1629

apostating1630

lapsed1638

apostated1642

apostatizing1652

renegade1664

diabolonian1682

backsliding1816

relapsing1864

backslidden1871

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxx. A Wo be to those shrenkinge children..which seke councel, but not at me.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. ix. 2 They be all aduoutrers and a shrenckinge sorte.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. xxxi. 22 How longe wilt thou go astraie, o thou shrenkinge [1560 Geneva rebellious] doughter?

1564 Briefe Exam. **iiij b The shrinking & refusing Ministers of London.

1565 J. Hall Courte of Vertue 63 Adulterers because they be And eke a shrynkyng sorte.]

b. Recoiling physically, mentally, or morally from what is difficult or distasteful; retiring.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adjective] > shrinking or flinching

shrinking1742

wincing1756

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [adjective] > that avoids or shuns > shrinking

winching1525

checking1548

shrinking1742

1742 C. Wesley in J. Wesley & C. Wesley Hymns & Sacred Poems i. 116 What tho' my shrinking Flesh complain.

1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xiv. 154 The flames, which..seem'd to dart Their hungry tongues toward their shrinking prey.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxvi. 604 She..made a shrinking, but amicable, salutation to Major Dobbin.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost x. 263 If the will be soft, shrinking, inconstant, and cowardly.

1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors III. ii. 25 Her mother's shrinking distaste from any such hectic themes as this.

†c. shrinking shrub n. the sensitive plant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > mimosa or sensitive plant

sensitive plant1640

shrinking shrub1640

humble plant1664

sensitive1707

touch-me-not1728

mimosa1731

inga tree1756

soldier-wood1823

inga1838

soldier-plant1864

1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1618 Stirpanimans seu Frutex impatiens, The shrinking shrubbe.

1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 524 Shrinking shrub, Herba impatiens.

d. shrinking violet n. a shy or modest person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [noun] > person

shell-snail1585

diffident1617

shameface1898

shrinking violet1915

1915 N. L. McClung In Times like These vi. 83 Voting will not be compulsory; the shrinking violets will not be torn from their shady fence-corner; the ‘home bodies’ will be able to still sit in rapt contemplation of their own fireside.

1949 E. Coxhead Wind in West iii. 83 You believe in the shrinking-violet technique, do you?

1966 R. Severn Desperate Rendezvous viii. 70 ‘Time will convince you both how indispensable I have been...’ Wilson scowled. ‘A real shrinking violet, aren't you?’ he said.

1976 Listener 22 July 90/1 Frayn has not forgotten the underdog... The shrinking violet (as he rightly recognizes) is the most dangerous plant in the glades of privilege.

†3. Shivering, shuddering. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > affected with or having sensation of cold > shivering with cold

shivering1577

shuddering1600

shrinkinga1616

chittering1787

shrugging1814

nithering1876

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. iv. 30 The shrinking Slaues of Winter.

Derivatives

ˈshrinkingly adv. in a shrinking manner, with a shrinking look, in a manner expressive of unwillingness, dislike, shyness, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adverb]

unwillc893

uneathc900

unthankc960

latelyOE

against a person's willa1225

loatha1340

grutchingly1340

at one's unthanksa1400

wandsomely?a1400

at (or again) one's unwillesc1400

uneathsa1425

unwilfully1435

invitec1450

tarrowinglyc1480

scantly1509

nicely1530

tarryingly1530

unwillingly?1531

loathly1547

faintly1548

evil-willingly1549

grudgingly1549

difficultly1551

loathsomely1561

dangerously1573

ill-willing1579

backwardlya1586

costively1598

with an ill will1601

with (a) bad (also ill) grace1614

sadly1622

tenderlya1628

reluctantly1646

shyly1701

uncheerfully1754

à contre-coeur1803

shrinkingly1817

retractatively1851

begrudgingly1853

forcibly1867

loathfully1887

tharfly1894

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adverb]

shamefullyc1480

bashfully1552

shamefacedly1620

shyly1701

shrinkingly1817

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [adverb] > in a shrinking manner

shrinkingly1817

1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh ii. 235 Her left hand, as shrinkingly she stood, Held a small lute.

1851 G. W. Curtis Nile Notes xxxv. 176 There was no light..except what curious daylight stole shrinkingly in at the low door.

1858 C. Dickens Let. 28 Apr. (1995) VIII. 553 When I peep shrinkingly from my study-windows.

1884 Liverpool Mercury 18 Feb. 5/2 Lord Salisbury and Sir Stafford Northcote appeal shrinkingly and indirectly for the reversion of the trust.

ˈshrinkingness n. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [noun]

shamefastnessc1200

shamefulnessa1340

nicetya1387

scurna1400

bashednessc1440

bashfulness1539

nicenessc1550

shamefacedness1555

to lie aback1636

shyness1651

squeamishness1720

shrinkingness1835

1835 J. P. Kennedy Horse-shoe Robinson (1860) liii. 549 That feminine reserve and shrinkingness which we are wont to praise.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	shrinking
释义	shrinkingn. Etymology: < shrink v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshrinking. 1. a. Contraction and reduction in size or volume through the action of heat, cold, or moisture; the drawing up or withering (of sinews, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] waningc900 littlingOE lessingc1350 abating1370 diminutionc1374 minishinga1382 decrease1383 remissiona1398 shrinkinga1398 decreasing1398 adminishing?c1400 abbreviation?a1425 lessening?a1425 minoration?a1425 disincrease1430 abatement1433 restrictiona1450 batea1475 diminuation1477 limitation1483 abate1486 minute1495 minishment1533 mitigation1533 diminishinga1535 extenuation1542 slacking1542 reduce1549 diminishment1551 perditionc1555 debatementa1563 rebatement1573 obstriction1578 imminution1583 contracting1585 contraction1589 rabate1589 rebating1598 retrenchmentc1600 decession1606 ravalling1609 reducement1619 decrement1621 bating1629 shrivellinga1631 decretion1635 dejection1652 abater1653 rolling back1658 limiting1677 batement1679 reduction1695 depression1793 downdraw1813 descent1832 decess1854 lowering1868 shrinkage1873 dégringolade1883 minification1894 degrowth1920 downrating1950 the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [noun] > contraction > shrinking shrinkinga1398 shrinkage1800 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. xxxix. 1188 An hors haþ schrynkynge of senewes, and tokne heerof is þat alle þe veynes beþ ystreight vp on þe heed and þe nekke. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS.) v. xii By reuelynge and scherenkynge..of þe synew of felynge. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 449/1 Schrynkynge, rigiditas. 1671 R. Boyle in Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2046 The Bladder, whose regular Intumescencies and shrinkings sufficiently manifested, that the vessel..did not leak. 1671 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa i. xxxiii. 231 That shrinking up of all my sinnews. 1678 V. Alsop Melius Inquirendum Introd. 19 We must allow for shrinking in the Silk grograin Phrase of Rethoricians. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 110 Except what it [corn] loseth in the first Year's shrinking, and loss of Weight. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 324 The regular shrinking of clay by heat. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 136 Coldness and shrinking of the extremities. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. viii. 264 Successive shrinkings [of a glacier]..have occurred at intervals of centuries. b. (See shrink v. 10b.) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > shrinking shrinking1856 preshrinkage1924 Rigmel1931 Sanforizing1948 London shrinking1957 1856 S. Warner Hills of Shatemuc xii They [socks] wouldn't want shrinking. 2. Physical, mental, or moral recoiling from a burden, danger, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > shrinking or recoiling wondingc1440 recoil1567 shrinking1580 flinching1600 shrugginga1617 reluctancea1628 blanching1642 smaying1678 shying1796 flinch1817 funking1823 blenching1868 recoiling1892 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Affaissement..a shrinking vnder a great burthen. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tergiversation,..a flinching..or shrinking backe. 1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 234 A kind of prodigious shrinking of the Eye of Heaven from the view of so black a wickedness. 1782 W. Cowper Poet, Oyster, & Sensitive Plant 66 His censure reach'd them as he dealt it, And each by shrinking show'd he felt it. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxv. 596 [She] never mentioned her name but with a shrinking and terror. 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 509 Not without some craven shrinkings. 1882 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. II. 137 There was no shrinking here from a full declaration of the Royal Supremacy. attributive.1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn I. xxvii. 259 One shrinking motion, one stifled scream. †3. Shrugging (of the shoulders). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > other gestures > [noun] > shrug shruggingc1460 shrink1590 shrug1594 shrinking1638 macaroni shrug1775 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 293 The shrinking up of the shoulders..is a gesture belonging to a base, servile, and craftie knave. 4. Estrangement. (Cf. shrinking adj. 2a.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > quarrel or falling out > [noun] > alienation in feeling or affection innaturality1579 abalienation1596 estrangedness1645 estrangement1736 alienization1796 shrinking1842 1842 H. E. Manning Serm. i. 12 The sins of the heathen world..began in a shrinking of the heart from God. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). shrinkingadj. Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈshrinking. 1. That shrinks, contracts, is reduced in size or volume, or is withered or shrivelled. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] shrinking?a1400 welkinga1400 moderativec1487 thinning1551 wanzing1571 decreasing1591 restricting1606 lessening1611 waning1632 assuaging1651 limiting1656 mitigating1749 diminishing1793 decrescent1811 shrivelling1849 dropping1894 scanting1916 the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > relating to contraction > contracting shrinking?a1400 contracting1765 shrivelling1849 ?a1400 Morte Arth. 1857 Schalkes they schotte thrughe schrenkande maylez. 1583 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 277 Yorkschyre clayth, cairsayes, and all sort of schrynking clayth. 1631 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata xvi. §180 Pandus Asellus... The shrinking or crooked little asse. 1805 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Inferno xxv. 57 Thus up the shrinking paper, ere it burns, A brown tint glides. 1883 Daily News 3 Oct. 2/5 Reports of shrinking prices in China. 2. †a. Rebelling (against God); backsliding. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > apostasy > [adjective] forraughtc1175 renayedc1380 apostate1382 apostasied1393 relapse?a1425 departed1439 renegate1488 retractive1509 apostatical1532 shrinking1535 apostatatec1540 runagate1558 apostatic1583 apostatous1588 collapsed1609 renegado1612 recreant1613 apotactical1615 apostatized1629 apostating1630 lapsed1638 apostated1642 apostatizing1652 renegade1664 diabolonian1682 backsliding1816 relapsing1864 backslidden1871 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxx. A Wo be to those shrenkinge children..which seke councel, but not at me. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. ix. 2 They be all aduoutrers and a shrenckinge sorte. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. xxxi. 22 How longe wilt thou go astraie, o thou shrenkinge [1560 Geneva rebellious] doughter? 1564 Briefe Exam. *iiij b The shrinking & refusing Ministers of London. 1565 J. Hall Courte of Vertue* 63 Adulterers because they be And eke a shrynkyng sorte.] b. Recoiling physically, mentally, or morally from what is difficult or distasteful; retiring. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adjective] > shrinking or flinching shrinking1742 wincing1756 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [adjective] > that avoids or shuns > shrinking winching1525 checking1548 shrinking1742 1742 C. Wesley in J. Wesley & C. Wesley Hymns & Sacred Poems i. 116 What tho' my shrinking Flesh complain. 1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xiv. 154 The flames, which..seem'd to dart Their hungry tongues toward their shrinking prey. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxvi. 604 She..made a shrinking, but amicable, salutation to Major Dobbin. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost x. 263 If the will be soft, shrinking, inconstant, and cowardly. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors III. ii. 25 Her mother's shrinking distaste from any such hectic themes as this. †c. shrinking shrub n. the sensitive plant. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > mimosa or sensitive plant sensitive plant1640 shrinking shrub1640 humble plant1664 sensitive1707 touch-me-not1728 mimosa1731 inga tree1756 soldier-wood1823 inga1838 soldier-plant1864 1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 1618 Stirpanimans seu Frutex impatiens, The shrinking shrubbe. 1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια 524 Shrinking shrub, Herba impatiens. d. shrinking violet n. a shy or modest person. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [noun] > person shell-snail1585 diffident1617 shameface1898 shrinking violet1915 1915 N. L. McClung In Times like These vi. 83 Voting will not be compulsory; the shrinking violets will not be torn from their shady fence-corner; the ‘home bodies’ will be able to still sit in rapt contemplation of their own fireside. 1949 E. Coxhead Wind in West iii. 83 You believe in the shrinking-violet technique, do you? 1966 R. Severn Desperate Rendezvous viii. 70 ‘Time will convince you both how indispensable I have been...’ Wilson scowled. ‘A real shrinking violet, aren't you?’ he said. 1976 Listener 22 July 90/1 Frayn has not forgotten the underdog... The shrinking violet (as he rightly recognizes) is the most dangerous plant in the glades of privilege. †3. Shivering, shuddering. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [adjective] > affected with or having sensation of cold > shivering with cold shivering1577 shuddering1600 shrinkinga1616 chittering1787 shrugging1814 nithering1876 a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. iv. 30 The shrinking Slaues of Winter. View more context for this quotation Derivatives ˈshrinkingly adv. in a shrinking manner, with a shrinking look, in a manner expressive of unwillingness, dislike, shyness, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adverb] unwillc893 uneathc900 unthankc960 latelyOE against a person's willa1225 loatha1340 grutchingly1340 at one's unthanksa1400 wandsomely?a1400 at (or again) one's unwillesc1400 uneathsa1425 unwilfully1435 invitec1450 tarrowinglyc1480 scantly1509 nicely1530 tarryingly1530 unwillingly?1531 loathly1547 faintly1548 evil-willingly1549 grudgingly1549 difficultly1551 loathsomely1561 dangerously1573 ill-willing1579 backwardlya1586 costively1598 with an ill will1601 with (a) bad (also ill) grace1614 sadly1622 tenderlya1628 reluctantly1646 shyly1701 uncheerfully1754 à contre-coeur1803 shrinkingly1817 retractatively1851 begrudgingly1853 forcibly1867 loathfully1887 tharfly1894 the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [adverb] shamefullyc1480 bashfully1552 shamefacedly1620 shyly1701 shrinkingly1817 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [adverb] > in a shrinking manner shrinkingly1817 1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh ii. 235 Her left hand, as shrinkingly she stood, Held a small lute. 1851 G. W. Curtis Nile Notes xxxv. 176 There was no light..except what curious daylight stole shrinkingly in at the low door. 1858 C. Dickens Let. 28 Apr. (1995) VIII. 553 When I peep shrinkingly from my study-windows. 1884 Liverpool Mercury 18 Feb. 5/2 Lord Salisbury and Sir Stafford Northcote appeal shrinkingly and indirectly for the reversion of the trust. ˈshrinkingness n. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [noun] shamefastnessc1200 shamefulnessa1340 nicetya1387 scurna1400 bashednessc1440 bashfulness1539 nicenessc1550 shamefacedness1555 to lie aback1636 shyness1651 squeamishness1720 shrinkingness1835 1835 J. P. Kennedy Horse-shoe Robinson (1860) liii. 549 That feminine reserve and shrinkingness which we are wont to praise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.a1398adj.?a1400
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