devotionally

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English devotion

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English devotional

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English devotionally

From devotional + -ly.

Adverb

devotionally (comparative more devotionally, superlative most devotionally)

1. In a devotional manner.
   • 2023, Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls, 4th Estate, page 230:

     She would try them out with Bianh and the other friends […] who had followed her life devotionally, whose children had grown up beside her own.