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earnestly (adv.)
[earnestly 词源字典]
Old English
eornostlice
; see
earnest
(adj.) +
-ly
(2).
[earnestly etymology, earnestly origin, 英语词源]
honestly (adv.)
mid-14c., from
honest
+
-ly
(2). As an intensifier or exclamation, from 1898.
nestle (v.)
Old English
nestlian
"build a nest," from
nest
(see
nest
(n.)). Figurative sense of "settle (oneself) comfortably, snuggle" is first recorded 1540s. Related:
Nestled
;
nestling
.
nestling (n.)
late 14c., "bird too young to leave the nest," from
nest
(n.) + diminutive suffix
-ling
.