单词 | circularly |
释义 | circularlyadv. In a circular manner, in a circle. 1. In the form of a circle. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adverb] > in form or manner of circle or ring roundc1300 arounda1425 circle-wise1542 circularly1543 roundwise1577 circular-wise1598 roundways1644 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. i. f. 4/1 Diuide the brayne panne with a sawe circularely. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 22 July (1972) VII. 213 For fruit, the best way is to have Walls built Circularly. 1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xvi. 145 Propagated circularly all round the centre of disturbance. 2. In a circular orbit or course. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [adverb] round abouta1398 circularly1561 round1565 roundwise1674 gyrally1750 roundward1842 1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation i. xx. sig. C.vi The Planet..is moued circularly. 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 ii. 1 Trade, which like bloud should circularly flow. 1872 R. A. Proctor Ess. Astron. viii. 108 A body moving circularly round the sun. 3. By circular reasoning, in a logical circle. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [adverb] > by circular reasoning circularly1651 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 35 That is to prove the same by the same, or else to argue circularly. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations I. vii. 103 Joe..completely stopped me by arguing circularly, and answering with a fixed look, ‘Her’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] fullyeOE allesOE fullOE rightc1175 everydealc1300 wholec1300 whollya1325 finelyc1330 fairly1340 completec1374 gainlya1375 clearly1377 freelya1393 plaina1393 entire?a1400 entirelyc1400 oddlyc1400 sufficientlyc1440 expressc1475 totally1509 completely1526 finec1530 exactly?1531 sincerely1576 start1599 fillingly1611 circularly1618 solid1651 out-over1745 rotundly1775 roundedly?1802 whole hog1840 clear-away1883 whole cloth1917 righteous1948 1618 G. Chapman in tr. Hesiod Georgicks Ep. Ded. sig. A2 These most wise, learned and circularly-spoken Grecians. ?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Apollo in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 34 And those gifts onely let thy Deified minde Be circularlie pleas'd with. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > alternation > rotation > [adverb] aboutOE whilemeala1382 by whiles1382 in coursea1400 in turna1500 circularly1648 in rotation1771 round-by-round1933 rotationally1950 1648 T. Hill Strength of Saints Ep. Ded. sig. A3 That they (though but circularly, by 3 or 4 in a morning) may have leave to come to the Morning Sermon in the Abbey. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Herts. 30 He bestowed also a vast summe of money on several Corporations to be imployed circularly for the benefit of the poor Freemen therein. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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