buxomly

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English buxomly; equivalent to buxom +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌksəmli/

Adverb

buxomly (comparative more buxomly, superlative most buxomly)

1. In a buxom way.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• boxomly, bouxsomly, buxsomly, buxsumly, buxumli, buxumly
• buhsumliche (Early Middle English)
• boȝsamliche (Kent)
• bousomly, bowsumly (Northern)

Etymology

From buxom +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuksumliː/, /-lit͡ʃ(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈbu(ː)xsumˌliːt͡ʃə/ (early West Midlands)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔxsamˌliːt͡ʃə/ (Kent (Aȝenbite))
• IPA^(key): /ˈbuː(x)sumliː/, /ˈbɔu̯(x)sumliː/ (Northern)

Adverb

buxomly

1. obediently, compliantly
   • c. 1335-1361, William of Palerne (MS. King's College 13), folio 4, recto, lines 1-2; republished as W. W. Skeat, editor, The Romance of William of Palerne‎^[1], London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 1867, →OCLC, page 6:

     þat it apertly was apayed · foꝛ pꝛofite þat he feld / ⁊ buxumly by þe beſtes wille · in wiſe as it couþe

     It was unquestioningly obeyed, as he felt benefit, so [he] was compliantly [moulded] by the animal's will through whatever means it had.

2. humbly, deferentially
3. lovingly, gently

Descendants

• English: buxomly
• Middle Scots: bowsumly

References

• “buxǒmlī̆, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.