Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- So as to miss or feel the absence of something.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete With a sense of loss.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb obsolete With a sense of
loss .
Etymologies
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Examples
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What his happier affairs may be, are to me unknown: but I have missingly noted, he is of late much retired from court and is less frequent to his princely exercises than formerly he hath appeared.
The Winter’s Tale 2004
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What his happier affairs may be, are to me unknown; but I have missingly noted he is of late much retired from court, and is less frequent to his princely exercises than formerly he hath appeared.
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In p. 487. the words "missingly noted" are altered to "_musingly_ noted," which is a very questionable improvement.
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IV. ii.35 (324,7) [but I have, missingly, noted] [W. missing him] [Hammer; musingly noted] I see not how the sense is mended by Sir
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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What his happier affairs may be, are to me unknown: but I have missingly noted, he is of late much retired from court and is less frequent to his princely exercises than formerly he hath appeared.
The Winter's Tale 1610
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What his happier affairs may be, are to me unknown; but I have missingly noted he is of late much retired from court, and is less frequent to his princely exercises than formerly he hath appeared.
The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare 1590
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