bodingly en · ADV
Etymology
From boding + -ly.
Meanings
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In a boding manner.
Along the wild mountains night-ravens were yelling— / They bodingly presaged destruction and woe.
1808 (date written), Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Victoria”, in William Michael Rossetti, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley: […], revised edition, volume II, London: E[dward] Moxon, Son, & Co., […], published 1870, →OCLC, stanza I, page 500:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more bodingly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most bodingly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |