burninglyadv.
/ˈbəːnɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈbərnɪŋli/ 1. In a burning manner, with burning effect.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > [adverb]
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c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 706 Loue hath his firy dart so brennyngly Ystiked thurgh my..herte.
1853 F. W. Newman tr. Horace Odes 76 Nor clung more burningly the fatal boon on huge Alcides' shoulders.
1855 R. Browning Childe Roland Burningly it came on me all at once.
1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career II. xv. 276 She sat over the portrait blushing burningly.
2. figurative. With ardour; hotly; ardently; eagerly.
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the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adverb]
hotlyeOE
ardently1340
burningly1340
firely1340
ferventlyc1374
warmly1529
fierily1600
glowinglya1625
incandescently1803
fervidly1847
tropically1896
Messianically1976
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 31 Oure Lhord..he ssolde lovye bernindeliche.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 1 Kings xi. 1 Kyng Salomon to brennyngly lovede many hethen wymmen.
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. xi. sig. m.i v In gettynge to moche brennyngly, in retaynynge to streytely.
1866 W. R. Alger Solitudes Nature & Man iii. 134 Hopelessly separated from the world by their vows..yet burningly attached to it by the passions.
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