Meanings
comparative more savingly · superlative most savingly
- So as to save (e.g. from sin/hell/eternal death)
savingly born of water and the Spirit
1738, Daniel Waterland, The Christian sacrifice explained1 more example
But this Itch in spite of Morals will be catching, and the beginning natural pleasure will often urge the smartful end, especially in the precipitant Youth, who scarcely sufficiently dread the Fire till they have been savingly burnt.
1679, Thomas Trapham, A Discurse of the State of Health in the Island of Jamaica, page 112
Origin
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