| 单词 |
moodily |
| 释义 |
moodily, adv.|ˈmuːdɪlɪ|
Forms: 1 módelíce, 3 modi(ȝ)liȝ, modi(ȝ)like, 4 modilich, 4–5 mo(o)diliche, 7– moodily.
[OE. *módiᵹlíce (for the actual form módelíce cf. the parallels cited s.v. mightly adv.), f. mód mood n.1: see -ly2.]
†1. Bravely, boldly; haughtily, angrily. Obs.
993Battle of Maldon 200 Þær modelice maneᵹa spræcon. c1200Ormin 1296 Forr bule lateþþ modiliȝ, & bereþþ upp hiss hæfedd. Ibid. 2041 Þuss mihhte ȝho full modiȝliȝ Off hire sinne ȝellpenn. c1250Gen. & Ex. 2584 Ðo bad ðis king al opelike, In alle burȝes modilike, Euerilc knape child of ðat kin ben a-non don ðe flod wið-in. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. iv. 173 And modilich [C. v. 167 v. rr. modiliche, moodiliche] vppon Mede with myȝte þe kynge loked. 1603Florio Montaigne i. xlvii. (1632) 152 If the fervor of Monsieur de Foix had not drewne him over rashly and moodily to pursue the straglers.
2. In a moody or sullen manner.
1611Cotgr., Mornement, sadly, pensiuely; moodily, lumpishly. 1833Marryat P. Simple xxxviii, ‘I can do nothing for you, Peter; I have no interest whatever’, replied he moodily. 1872Tennyson Last Tourn. 647 Pacing moodily up and down. 1876Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. ii. 306 When his mother died, in 1810, [he] was moodily inconsolable. 1906Blackw. Mag. Jan. 104/1 Thirlstone..was staring moodily into the fire. |
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