brenningly

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Etymology[edit]

brenning +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

brenningly (comparative more brenningly, superlative most brenningly)

  1. (obsolete) burningly; ardently
    • 1556, Father Richard Whytford, The Following of Christ:
      Yielding most large thanks to the high goodness of God, that so worthily doth to thee, so benignly visiteth thee, so brenningly stirreth thee, and so mightily beareth thee up, that through tine own burden thou fall not down to earthly things.
    • 1904, Emily Mary Shapcote, Mary: the Perfect Woman, page 81:
      This was Thy Father's Business, which would Thee, O Tender Jesus, draw so brenningly: Here are the souls which, from eternity, As first-fruits of Thy Mission Thou didst see, And yearned to lead with God-like cords to Thee.