单词 | alterably |
释义 | alterablyadv.ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > alternation > [adverb] changeablyc1384 alternately1432 interchangeably1483 handy-dandya1529 time about1537 by course1548 at (by) intervals1588 alternatively1591 reciprocally1603 by reprises1607 alternally1627 alterably1635 altern1667 alternate1715 by vicissitudes1749 alternatingly1845 1635 tr. S. Dupleix Resoluer 112 We have alwayes alterably [Fr. alternatiuement] one foote fix't and stayed upon the Earth, which sustaineth as by a counter poize all the body. 2. In an alterable manner; so as to be alterable. rare in later use. ΚΠ 1673 R. Baxter Christian Directory i. iii. 140 It is a matter of exceeding difficulty to discern oft times whether a thing be simply and absolutely forbidden, or only by accident and alterably. 1700 E. Howard Remarks New Philos. Des-Cartes ii. 143 Not that 'tis deniable, that Bodies are alterably Mov'd or Chang'd by Effects of Rarifaction or Condensation. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Alterably, in such a manner as may be altered. 1899 J. Jarvis tr. F. Froebel Educ. by Devel. 323 The oblique line of direction also appears in the further representations with the third play-gift, but alterably. 2002 M. H. Hacohen Karl Popper 13 As the subject, or the self, is discursively constructed, even alterably performed, deconstruction of identity seems a more promising strategy than biographical assemblage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1635 |
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