sonlyadj.
/ˈsʌnli/, U.S. /ˈsənli/ Like a son; characteristic of or appropriate to a son; filial. Also in extended use: characteristic or appropriate to a Christian man in relation to God.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > son > [adjective]
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c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 5 (MED) He schal haue sonely drede to god lest he offende god.
c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 37 (MED) Of passional drede ben ij maners: oon whiche is drede forto offend god and to lese his love whiche is callid ‘soneli drede.’
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 247 That..sonne of god hauynge sonnely compassyon to hys mother.
1579 B. Googe tr. I. Lopez de Mendoza Prouerbes Noble Souldier 64v The Sonnely feare, is a meddlie of feare and loue togeather.
1609 W. Cowper Three Heauenly Treat. Romanes i. 166 Shew me (saith Saint Iames) thy Faith by thy workes, shew mee (saith Malachie) thy Father by thy Sonly reuerence toward him.
1694 A. Nisbet Expos. upon Bk. Ecclesiastes viii. 399 The want of that Filial or Sonly Fear of the Lord..is the cause of all the other Sins of Wicked Men.
1861 T. Alexander Penitent's Prayer (Psalms li. 8) 150 He knows..that when he returns to his Father's house he will never be put in a servant's place, but reinstated in his own sonly corner.
1903 A. Westcott Life & Lett. B. F. Westcott I. Pref. p. x It [sc. this work] is an offering..of real sonly devotion.
1937 Beatrice (Nebraska) Daily Sun 11 Nov. 4/2 The most convincing counsel he can give his own son is the example of his own sonly conduct.
1997 Grand Street No. 60. 48 I watched with conscious sonly pride as my father trudged slowly across the dimming cul-de-sac.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.c1443- to make game
- to make game at
- to make game of
- to make game on
- to make give force
- to make glad
- to make glee
- to make glose
- to make go
- to make good
- to make good business sense
- to make good cheer
- to make good glad cheer
- to make good merry etc cheer
- to make good mien upon
- to make good one's escape
- to make good one's running
- to make good running
- to make good time
- to make good visage
- to make good way
- to make good work
- to make good —— sense
- to make good, bad, etc weather of it
- to make grand slam