buxumly
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- boȝsamliche, bousomly, bouxsomly, bowsumly, boxomly, buxomly, buxsomly, buxsumly, buxumli
- (early ME) buhsumliche
Etymology[edit]
From buxum + -ly (adverbial suffix).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
buxumly
- 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.
- humbly, deferentially
- lovingly, gently
Descendants[edit]
- English: buxomly
References[edit]
- “buxǒmlī̆, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.