| 释义 |
viewly, a. Now only dial.|ˈvjuːlɪ|
[f. view n. + -ly1.]
Of good or attractive appearance.
c1536Mem. Dk. Richmond in Camden Misc. III. p. lxxiii, To knowe whether the kinges highnes will take a sertyne of my lordes servauntes suche as be veiwly men, and men of good honesty. 1638R. Brathwait Barnabees Jrnl. iii. (1818) 137 A captain's wife most vewlie. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Viewly, pleasant to the sight, striking to the eye, handsome. 1828–in northern dial. glossaries. 1907M. C. F. Morris Nunburnholme 233 The more ‘viewly’ appearance of the country-side. |