Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Burningly; ardently.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Burningly; ardently.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb obsolete
burningly ;ardently
Etymologies
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brenning + -ly
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Examples
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Wherein, O wretched company, were ye all deceived for that was the voice of the god that was in a very grievous rage that he would presently lift his arm up and spill their souls for their abuses and their spillings done by them contrariwise to his word which forth to bring brenningly biddeth.
Ulysses 2003
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Wherein, O wretched company, were ye all deceived for that was the voice of the god that was in a very grievous rage that he would presently lift his arm up and spill their souls for their abuses and their spillings done by them contrariwise to his word which forth to bring brenningly biddeth.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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