| 释义 |
toughly, adv.|ˈtʌflɪ|
[f. tough a. + -ly2.]
In a tough manner (in various senses of tough); strenuously; persistently; stoutly; vigorously.
c1400Apol. Loll. 68 [Þei] þat he knawiþ to stond touȝly in þer synnis þat þei han don. c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. viii. 74 Not to cleue ouer touȝly to þis affeccion. 1589Greene Menaphon (Arb.) 83 They fell toughly to blowes. 1635Shirley Coronat. 1, Cassander,..oppos'd him toughly with his faction. 1728Ramsay Fables xi. 32 He..laid till 't teughly tooth and nail. 1821J. Baillie Metr. Leg., Lady G. B. liii, Strong and toughly nerved. 1883Stevenson Silverado Sq. iii. (1886) 20 We struggled toughly upward. |