单词 | contrasted |
释义 | contrastedadj. Set in contrast; opposed so as to heighten each other's effect, or to bring out differences. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > contrast > [adjective] > contrasted contraposed1620 contrasted1764 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 7 Contrasted faults through all their manners reign, Though poor, luxurious, though submissive, vain. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 232 Breadths of silk, of the most contrasted colours. 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. App. 219 Contrast has always this effect, to make each of the contrasted objects appear in the stronger light. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xii. 404 No labyrinth of tortuous shape, no conflict of contrasted forms. Derivatives conˈtrastedly adv. in a contrasted manner, by way of contrast. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > comparison > contrast > [adverb] here-againc1200 here-againsta1250 contrastively1816 contrastingly1833 contrastedly1836 1836 G. S. Faber Primitive Doctr. Election ii. i. 204 Contrastedly introducing that Primitive Scheme of the doctrine of Election, which, [etc.]. 1838 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 5 637 The subsequent passages..became more contrastedly important. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1764 |
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