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Middle English
Etymology
From buxum + -ly (adverbial suffix).
Pronunciation
Adverb
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, 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 was compliantly by the animal's will through whatever means it had.
- humbly, deferentially
- lovingly, gently
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