释义 |
anywise, adv.|ˈɛnɪwaɪz| [for in any wise, also used in full; OE. (on) ǽniᵹe wísan.] In any manner, way, or case; in any degree, at all; anyhow.
a1000Metr. Ps. lxxiii. 9 On ǽniᵹe wísan. [Cf. Hymn vii. 66 Aᵹene wísan.] c1200Moral Ode 269 Alle þe þen aniȝewise doulen iquemde. c1225Ste. Marherete (1866) 13 Ȝef ich mahte eyweis makien ham to fallen. 1472Marg. Paston in Lett. III. 62 In any wyse..labore to have an ende of your grete materes. 1563J. Man Musculus' Comm. Places 374 b, For all that, it is in any wise [omnino] necessarie. 1660Barrow Euclid ii. ii, If a right line be divided anywise into two parts. 1775Act 15 Geo. III, liii. §1 in Oxf. & Camb. Enactmts. 85 Any law or usage to the contrary hereof in anywise not withstanding. 1783Burke Affairs of India Wks. 1842 II. 11 The only subject-matter of discussion, anywise important. 1870Hawthorne Eng. Note-Bks. (1879) II. 11 Neither is it anywise essential. |