† buxomly, adv. Obs.
(ˈbʌksəmlɪ)
[f. prec. adj. (which see for Forms) + -ly2.]
Obediently, humbly, meekly; courteously, willingly.
| a 1240 Lofsong in Cott. Hom. 215 Ich buhsumliche bi-seche þe louerd..ðet þu beo mi red nu. a 1300 Cursor M. 21351 We agh to buxumli it ber. c 1320 Seuyn Sages 3459 He bowed him ful bowsumly. 1340 Ayenb. 70 He ssel herye god and him boȝsamliche þonky, þet him beþ yloked. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. xviii. 283 Eueriche busshope, by þe lawe sholde buxumliche wende..þorgh hus prouynce. c 1400 Mandeville viii. 82 He commanded.. to all his subgettes..buxomly to resceyve me. 1513 Douglas æneis viii. vi. 124 Amang small geyr now entris bowsumly. 1540 R. Hyrde Vives' Instr. Chr. Wom. (1592) X. iv, That they do their duty diligently, meekly, and buxomly. 1678 A. Littleton Lat. Dict. s.v., Buxomly, clementer, obedienter. |