| 释义 |
infinitively, adv.|ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪvlɪ|
[-ly2.]
1. Gram. In the infinitive mood.
1711J. Greenwood Eng. Gram. 211 The verb put infinitively, that is, with ‘to’ before it, often tells what it is, does, or suffers. 1879Whitney Sanskrit Gram. 382 The few infinitively used words of this formation have a weak root-form.
†2. Infinitely. Obs. rare.
1726in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Q. Scots (1824) 32 His presence would have been of infinitively more service than that of Morton. Ibid. 33, I write to you with infinitively more tranquillity of mind. |