Think of heat moving out of the weather and into the way a person acts. A voice that has heat in it snaps back before you finish speaking; a chase that has heat in it stays right on your heels. Hotly never tells you the temperature of anything — it tells you how much heat went into the doing: the quick angry answer, and the hard, close-pressed effort.

可以想成熱度從天氣搬進了人的動作裡。帶著熱的聲音,會在你話還沒說完就頂回來;帶著熱的追逐,會一直貼在你腳後跟。hotly 從來不是在講溫度,而是在講做這件事時放了多少熱進去——一種是脫口而出的火氣,一種是咬得很緊的拚勁。

From the word’s history

From Old English hātlīċe, meaning ardently or fervently; simply hot plus the ending -ly. The word has described heat in people's behaviour, not in things, for a very long time.

來自古英文 hātlīċe,意思是「熱切地、激烈地」,也就是 hot 加上副詞字尾 -ly。這個字很早就不是在講東西的溫度,而是在講人做事時的那股熱。

Wiktionary entry for hotly, etymology section "From Middle English *hotly, *hatliche, from Old English hātlīċe ('ardently, fervently'); equivalent to hot + -ly." (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1251377767), supplied in the evidence packet

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