| 释义 |
sweepingly, adv.|ˈswiːpɪŋlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a sweeping manner (lit. or fig.).
1. With a sweeping movement; so as to sweep over a surface.
1830Blackw. Mag. XXVII. 509 Those tragedies which go sweepingly over the bloody stage. 1854Chamb. Jrnl. II. 120 Their outer integuments have a tendency..to trail sweepingly at the heels.
2. So as to have a wide scope; comprehensively; indiscriminately.
1822Examiner 802/1 Is it to be tolerated that men..should be thus sweepingly branded with the ignominy of guilt? 1881M. E. Braddon Asph. II. 137 All wild and rugged coasts she denounced sweepingly, as dangerous to life and limb.
So ˈsweepingness.
1831Examiner 306/1 The..Tories have themselves alone to blame for the sweepingness which they ascribe to the Reform Bill. 1881W. C. Russell Ocean Free-Lance II. ii. 111 A sublime curtsey, the overwhelming sweepingness of which was no doubt meant to cover me with confusion. |