单词 | adventurously |
释义 | adventurouslyadv. 1. In an adventurous or daring manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > daring > venturousness > [adverb] adventurouslyc1330 adventurelya1500 venturouslyc1515 dangerously1642 venturesomely1727 c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) 2374 (MED) Miche of his folk he les, Al auntreousliche þer he comen wes. 1554 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebellion To Rdr. a.viv The vnspotted loyaltie of suche as aduenturouslye and faithfullye serued in this daungerous time. 1567 J. Sanford tr. Epictetus Manuell xxxv. f. 20 Thou hast not done thy enterprise aduisedly..but aduenturouslie following a lighte and colde desire. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. iv. 69 If hee durst steale any thing aduenturously . View more context for this quotation 1682 Ld. Buckingham Ess. upon Poetry 11 On then, my Muse, adventrously engage To give Instructions that concern the Stage. 1799 S. Turner Hist. Anglo-Saxons I. iv. 61 Sailing adventurously to Europe, they concluded their insulting and prosperous voyage. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. ii. i. 73 Our voyagers weighed anchor, and adventurously ascended a mighty river which emptied into the bay. 1870 J. Tyndall in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 10 417 He [sc. Darwin] has drawn..adventurously upon matter in his theory of pangenesis. 1925 Cent. Mag. Jan. 365/2 In history wise men put to sea in boats, and in boats return and go again, endlessly, adventurously, gloriously. 1955 J. B. Priestley & J. Hawkes Journey down Rainbow 164 Will these almost endless rows of filling stations..and movie theatres..inspire a man to live adventurously? 2002 F. Spufford Child that Bks. Built (2003) iii. 77 Down Bridge Street there was an Indian restaurant where I had been with my dad and adventurously eaten a biriani. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] feringc1000 feringlya1300 by casec1300 chancefully1303 lotc1325 peradventurec1325 of chance1330 happilya1375 in hapa1375 upon hapsa1375 casuallyc1384 perchancec1387 chancely1389 by fortune1390 haplyc1390 by (also of) adventurea1393 percasea1393 adventurelyc1400 percase1402 accidently?a1425 adventurously1440 by (good, lucky, etc.) hap?a1450 accidentally1528 chanceably1559 bechance1569 chance1595 casual-wise1601 accidental1622 occasionally1622 fortuitouslya1652 contingently1668 by chance1669 chanceable1709 per-hazard1788 chance-wise1844 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 19 Awnterowsly, forte. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 310 (MED) Þe blood comyth rennyng to his hand, and he Auantorysly xal wype his eyne. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. lxxv. sig. d8 And after that shall the Molde Warpe die auentoursly and sodenly. a1674 J. Milton Brief Hist. Moscovia (1682) iv. 64 Shusky besieg'd in his Castle of Mosco, was adventrously supply'd with some Powder and Ammunition by the English. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.c1330 |
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