OBNIXIOUSLYADV.
earnestly; strenuously ...1632 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY irregular from Latin obnixe adv. strenuously, from obnixus struggled against, pa. pple. of obnixi to struggle or strive against FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1632 - See example below EXAMPLE "...At the sight of each new Moone, (I speake it credibly) bequeath their Cattell to her protection, obnixiously imploring the pale Lady of the night, that shee will leave their Bestiall in as good plight, as shee found them." From: The Totall Discourse of the Rare Adventures and Painefull Peregrinations of Long Nineteene Yeares Travayles. from Scotland, to the most Famous Kingdomes in Europe, Asia, an Affrica By: William Lithgow, 1632 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933
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