单词 | abusively |
释义 | abusivelyadv. 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adv.1531 |
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