单词 | all-embracingly |
释义 | > as lemmasall-embracingly (d) With adverbs, esp. where derived from the adjectives in Compounds 2a(a) and Compounds 2a(b), as all-conqueringly, all-embracingly, all-sufficiently, etc. See also all along adv., all out adv., all up at up adv.2 12e, all-wholly adv. [With Old English ealltǣwlīce completely, perfectly, in quot. eOE compare ealltǣwe entirely sound, true (see etymological note at Compounds 2). Old English ealltela entirely happily, in quot. OE, has sometimes alternatively been interpreted as showing a collocation of eall all adv. and tela prosperously, happily, well (compare Old English til good: see till prep., conj., and adv.), rather than a compound.] ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > all-sufficiently all-sufficiently1649 eOE Prose Charm: Against Elf-Sickness (Royal 12 D.xvii) in G. Storms Anglo-Saxon Magic (1948) 226 Gif hit biþ wæpnedman..and se andwlita biþ geolwe blac, þone mon þu meaht gelacnian æltæwlice, gif he ne biþ þæron to lange. OE Genesis A (1931) 1904 Unc gemæne ne sceal elles awiht, nymþe ealltela lufu langsumu. 1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 308 How..all-sufficiently able God is, in performing of his Promises. 1769 London Mag. Nov. 587/1 A gleam of hope all-graciously disclose. 1889 Harper's Mag. July 217/2 Life..was all so cosmopolitan and all-embracingly sympathetic. 1903 ‘M. Twain’ My Début as Literary Person 175 Then all-sorrowfully he made his last dispositions. 1919 Outing Mar. 300/1 He never lost an opportunity to demonstrate the fighting efficiency of this equipment which was mainly and all-sufficingly tail—and such a facile tail! 1934 P. Hamilton Plains of Cement xxi. 169 Wondering what it was, breathing in the air, which made it so overpoweringly, all-permeatingly Sunday. 2005 Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) 4 Feb. (Friday Suppl.) 6 It's an all-conqueringly funny and blastingly energised family comedy. < as lemmas |
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