† albusyadv.

Forms: Middle English albusy, Middle English al byssi.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adj., busy n.¹

Etymology: Apparently < all adj. + busy n.¹, in the sense ‘with the greatest effort’. With the sense development compare Old French, Middle French a peine (French à peine) with difficulty (c1100), only just, not quite, scarcely (14th cent.).

Obsolete.

Hardly, scarcely. Cf. busy n.¹ 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adverb] > with difficulty

uneathc888

arvethlichec1000

uneathsc1200

hardc1300

albusyc1325

wondsomely?a1400

hardlya1425

narrowlyc1450

unreadilyc1454

a-pain1487

uneasily1600

scarce1667

scarcely1697

ill1832

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > barely, scarcely, only, or just

uneathc1200

scarcely1297

albusyc1325

onlepyc1350

anerly1381

barec1400

scarce1413

scantlyc1440

narrowlyc1450

scant1492

barelya1513

hardly?1532

faintly1544

nakedly1589

just1603

rawly1607

just1627

badly1715

scrimp1756

bare-weighta1763

scrimplya1774

jimp1814

jistc1820

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 1801 Ac albusy were it ten ȝer, ar hii here aȝen were.

a1450 Seven Sages (Cambr. Dd.1.17) (1845) l. 1559 ‘Sire,’ quod the stiwarde anoon, ‘Al byssi schal I fynde oon:..Thay wille be aferd to dye.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	albusy
释义	† albusyadv. Forms: Middle English albusy, Middle English al byssi. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: all adj., busy n.¹ Etymology: Apparently < all adj. + busy n.¹, in the sense ‘with the greatest effort’. With the sense development compare Old French, Middle French a peine (French à peine) with difficulty (c1100), only just, not quite, scarcely (14th cent.). Obsolete. Hardly, scarcely. Cf. busy n.¹ 1. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [adverb] > with difficulty uneathc888 arvethlichec1000 uneathsc1200 hardc1300 albusyc1325 wondsomely?a1400 hardlya1425 narrowlyc1450 unreadilyc1454 a-pain1487 uneasily1600 scarce1667 scarcely1697 ill1832 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > barely, scarcely, only, or just uneathc1200 scarcely1297 albusyc1325 onlepyc1350 anerly1381 barec1400 scarce1413 scantlyc1440 narrowlyc1450 scant1492 barelya1513 hardly?1532 faintly1544 nakedly1589 just1603 rawly1607 just1627 badly1715 scrimp1756 bare-weighta1763 scrimplya1774 jimp1814 jistc1820 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 1801 Ac albusy were it ten ȝer, ar hii here aȝen were. a1450 Seven Sages (Cambr. Dd.1.17) (1845) l. 1559 ‘Sire,’ quod the stiwarde anoon, ‘Al byssi schal I fynde oon:..Thay wille be aferd to dye.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.c1325
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