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单词 thiefly
释义 ˈthiefly, a. and adv. Obs.
[ME. þeoflich(e, þevelich:—OE. *þéoflíc, -líce: see thief and -ly1, -ly2.]
A. adj. Thief-like, stealthy, underhand.
1395Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 11 It is theefli, fals and symonient.c1422Hoccleve Learn to Die 115 Ful vnwaar was Y of thy theefly breid.
B. adv. In a thievish or thief-like manner; by stealth; stealthily, furtively.
c1290St. Brandan 284 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 227 Ȝwan it is ov i-brouȝt, Þane ȝe it þeofliche nomen.1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xviii. 336 Theuelich þow me robbedest.1382Wyclif Gen. xl. 15 Theuelich [1388 theefli] Y am had a wey fro the loond of Hebrew.1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VI. 63 (MS. α) Seynt Oswald his arm..was þeefliche [v.rr. þeevelich, þuefliche; Caxton theefly] i-stole out of þe olde restynge place.1568G. Skeyne The Pest A ij b, Ane feuir most wikit quietlie and thieflie strikis the patient.
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