buxumly

Middle English

Alternative forms

• boȝsamliche, bousomly, bouxsomly, bowsumly, boxomly, buxomly, buxsomly, buxsumly, buxumli
• (early ME) buhsumliche

Etymology

From buxum +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuksumliː/

Adverb

buxumly

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

References

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