单词 | affirmingly |
释义 | affirminglyadv. In an affirming manner; positively; affirmatively.In quot. 1541: emphatically, forcefully. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [adverb] sickerly1340 affirminglyc1475 affirmably1489 affirmatively1533 assertively1562 asseverantlya1575 really1604 thetically1657 assertorilya1680 asseveratingly1880 c1475 ( J. Hardyng Chron. (Harl.) (1812) 115 Affirmandlye [1543 Grafton I cannot wryte of suche affirmably]. 1541 T. Wyatt Declar. in K. Muir Life & Lett. (1963) 179 For my parte I declare affirminglie,..I neuer offended. 1667 J. Sergeant Faith Vindicated 122 Not proceed to behave my self affirmingly or denyingly, or judg any thing concerning them. 1677 F. Bampfield All in One 50 Christ's Words do all along speak of these matters, affirmingly, assertingly. 1832 Gardener's Mag. Dec. 738 In asking these questions, we do not even suggest that, if each of them were answered affirmingly, they could be set down as the causes. 1886 Standard 8 Mar. 5/6 She nodded affirmingly to the question. a1916 H. James Ivory Tower (1917) iii. iv. 192 Gray's voice, Gray's contact of hands laid all appealingly and affirmingly on his shoulders. 1971 J. M. Dorsey Psychol. of Emotion. ii. 46 His ‘Yes-sayer’ lives all of life affirmingly. 2010 Chicago Sun-Times (Nexis) 31 Jan. d7 You don't often find a marriage as affectingly or affirmingly drawn as this one. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1475 |
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