burningly, adv.
(ˈbɜːnɪŋlɪ)
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. In a burning manner, with burning effect.
| c 1386 Chaucer Knt.'s T. 707 Loue hath his firy dart so brennyngly Ystiked thurgh my..herte. 1853 F. W. Newman Odes of Horace 76 Nor clung more burningly the fatal boon on huge Alcides' shoulders. 1855 Browning Ch. Roland, Burningly it came on me all at once. 1876 G. Meredith Beauch. Career II. xv. 276 She sat over the portrait blushing burningly. |
2. fig. With ardour; hotly; ardently; eagerly.
| 1340 Ayenb. 31 Oure Lhord..he ssolde lovye bernindeliche. 1382 Wyclif 1 Kings xi. 1 Kyng Salomon to brennyngly lovede many hethen wymmen. 1506 Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W.) ii. xi. 116 In getynge to moche brennyngely, in retaynynge to straytely. 1866 Alger Solit. Nat. & Man iii. 134 Hopelessly separated from the world by their vows..yet burningly attached to it by the passions. |