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单词 abusively
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abusivelyadv.

Brit. /əˈbjuːsᵻvli/, /əˈbjuːzᵻvli/, U.S. /əˈbjusᵻvli/, /əˈbjuzᵻvli/
Forms: 1500s abusifly, 1500s abusyuely, 1500s–1600s abusiuely, 1500s– abusively.
Origin: A borrowing from French, combined with English elements. Etymons: abusive adj., -ly suffix2, French abusif.
Etymology: < abusive adj. + -ly suffix2. In form abusifly in quot. 1531 at sense 1 perhaps independently < Middle French abusif + -ly suffix2. Compare classical Latin abūsīvē catachrestically, loosely, Middle French, French abusivement in a manner contrary to the norm (1380), deceitfully (1564).
1. Improperly, incorrectly, inappropriately; corruptly; wrongly; spec. by improper use of language or terms; catachrestically.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adverb]
wrongly1303
abusively1531
nought1533
naught1549
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [adverb] > in application of words
abusively1531
abusedly1565
catachresticallyc1600
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. ii. sig. Biiv Athenes & other cities of Grece..concluded to lyue as it were in a communaltie, which abusifly they called equalitie.
1582 R. Robinson tr. V. Strigel Pt. Harmony King Dauids Harp 52 Although it seemed vnto many in times past, that Paule recyted this verse abusyuely, yet let vs kepe stil the rule delyuered vs by Christ.
1664 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. i. vii. 24 The Ionique fluting which is abusively employ'd in this place.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 229 Goodness and Providence, Personated, are sometimes also Abusively, called Gods and Goddesses.
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. i. 213 The Spaniards, most corruptly & most abusively murder & confound several Letters.
1789 S. Horsley Tracts in Controv. Dr. Priestley xi. 196 Caution is indeed sometimes used abusively for discretion.
1811 Examiner 31 Mar. 200/2 When he said that he believed this power had been used abusively and partially, he did not absolutely deny the legality of the proceeding.
1898 Fortn. Rev. May 834 In the last years the Treasury of Cuba has been used abusively, which is the cause of the crisis the island goes through now.
1917 Romantic Rev. 8 6 Sometimes the tilde is used abusively, and many apparent mistakes may well be due to the fact that the scribe forgot the tilde.
1954 Federal Suppl. (U.S.) 120 590/2 Any court..can exercise over a grand jury sitting in that court supervisory power to prevent the process of that grand jury from being used abusively.
1994 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 14 June a24/1 The number of U.S. college women who drink abusively has tripled in the past 20 years.
2001 S. Walton Out of It (2002) v. 157 A law that fewer and fewer citizens were able to respect was being intrusively and abusively enforced by agencies that considered themselves above it.
2. With abusive language; insultingly; rudely.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [adverb]
in abusionc1350
despitefully1535
contumeliously1539
abusively?1593
insultingly1623
affrontingly1656
affrontfully1754
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > [adverb]
foullyc1400
opprobriouslya1513
revilingly1548
invectivelyc1550
railingly1552
abusively?1593
vituperiously1632
opprobrious1716
vituperatively1831
abusefully1914
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > slander or calumny > [adverb]
noisingly1426
slanderously1429
slanderfully1550
defamously1563
defamedly1567
backbitingly1580
abusively?1593
disgracefully1604
calumniously1625
contumeliously1632
reflectingly1643
slanderingly1648
aspersively1653
defamatorily1659
vilifyingly1682
reflexivelya1716
libellously1832
?1593 H. Chettle Kind-harts Dreame sig. Civ What is so lewd that hath not there [sc. London] contrary to order beene printed, and in euery streete abusiuely chanted.
1617 H. Fitzgeffrey Satyres i. sig. A6 Others haue helpes: when their Inuention faile, Straight they begin abusiuely to raile.
1691 J. Kettlewell Of Christian Prudence xii. 268 He scoffingly and abusively asked, who is the God of the Christians.
1783 Hibernian Mag. June 335/2 Alas! many idle thoughtless members of the community approached him abusively, with awkward rudeness.
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1822) I. 353 Delaval had spoken pompously and abusively against the petitioner.
1823 Times 23 Aug. 3/7 The driver of the chariot No. 72, was charged with behaving very abusively..The language was declared to be most outrageous.
1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. II. ix. 579 Who were often themselves abusively attacked by ignorant lay preachers.
1908 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 5 576 It was a good, clear paper; and..did not speak abusively of those to whom the new light is as darkness.
1955 H. Hodgkinson Doubletalk 129 He [sc. Tito] and his colleagues were..referred to abusively as Titoites.
2001 Y. Berg Power of Kabbalah v. 220 Speaking abusively to your spouse, or cheating someone in business, tilts your life and the entire world to the side of Woe.
3. Deceitfully, deceptively; misleadingly. Obsolete.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adverb]
fakenlyOE
swikellya1023
ficklya1300
treacherouslya1340
guilinglya1382
sophisticallya1382
deceivably1387
guilefully1388
treacherlyc1394
deceivingly14..
guilouslyc1425
deceiteously1481
deceitfully1488
swikefullya1500
patchingly1570
faithlessly1581
abusively1595
dodgingly1599
fallaciously1612
deludingly1641
jugglingly1647
trickfullyc1790
hocus-pocusly1791
deceptiously1797
hocus-pocus1815
trickishly1824
deceptively1825
trickingly1833
dodgily1868
trickily1895
snakishly1935
1595 L. Lewkenor Disc. Vsage Eng. Fugitives sig. I3v Falsely, wickedly, and abusiuely, hee [sc. Philip II of Spain] entertained her [sc. Elizabeth I's] Graces Commissioners in Flanders with a treatie of peace.
1597 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) ix. li. 232 Phillip, abusiuely seduc't, and World-deceiuing Pope, Peruse all Lawes.
1646 N. Cradock Answer Just Vindic. Gentlemen of Pembrokeshire 8 That Sir Richard had formerly delivered it [sc. Carew Castle] up to the Enemy is most abusively false.
1697 G. Whitehead Sober Expostulation against F. Bugg v. 103 F. B. [sc. Francis Bugg] again very abusively and falsly quotes E. Burrough's Works..About Water-Baptism.
1836 W. S. Landor Pericles & Aspasia I. 121 Her malignity alone could influence so abusively the generous mind of Agapenthe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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