单词 | aerially |
释义 | aeriallyadv. In an aerial manner; in or from the air; (also, esp. in early use) airily; etherially. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > sky, heavens > [adverb] alofta1400 aerially1812 the world > matter > constitution of matter > lack of density > [adverb] subtilely?a1425 unsolidly1611 aerially1812 tenuously1892 the world > matter > gas > air > [adverb] aerially1812 airily1850 the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [adverb] > extremely aerially1812 the world > matter > colour > named colours > blue or blueness > [adverb] > sky blue aerially1812 1812 J. Galt Voyages & Trav. 160 A castle so aërially high, that it seemed rather to have been intended to attack the Gods than to resist the invasions of men. 1821 Examiner 1 Oct. 618/1 A light handkerchief..floats aërially from her neck. 1827 T. Moore Epicurean v. 46 She glided round the altar, gently and aërially. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Margaret in Poems (new ed.) 145 Your eyes Touched with a somewhat darker hue, And more aërially blue. 1869 J. Durand tr. H. Taine Italy v. i. 219 One gazes..as if suddenly released from life and soaring aerially above all things in light and in azure. 1910 Times 26 Oct. 6/2 The amount of explosives which could be carried aerially could not do much more than inflict local damage. 1954 O. Sitwell Four Continents v. 115 That mountain city in miniature, which, when you reach it, opens up to show..its own green system of life, of stone walls, vines and chestnut woods, poised aerially above the seagirt cities below. 2006 Environmental Health Perspectives 114 472/1 Fields surrounding the towns have monocropped fields with pesticide applied aerially. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1812 |
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