demonstrativelyadv.

Brit.

/dᵻˈmɒnstrətᵻvli/, U.S.

/dᵻˈmɑnstrədᵻvli/,

/dᵻˈmɑnstrəˌtɪvli/

Forms: see demonstrative adj. and n. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: demonstrative adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < demonstrative adj. + -ly suffix².Compare post-classical Latin demonstrative by way of demonstration (4th cent.).

a. By logical or practical demonstration; (also) in a way that establishes the truth or existence of something; conclusively.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adverb]

provably1460

demonstratively1570

scientifically1624

declaratively1625

provedly1628

demonstrably1642

affirmably1818

probatively1869

provenly1887

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. xii. f. 385 This [theorem] hath Archimedes demonstrated in this first booke of the Sphere and Cylinder, in his 40. and 41 propositions: and I remitte them thether, that will herein demonstratiuely be certified.

1587 D. Fenner Def. Godlie Ministers sig. Ii^v What soeuer bee demonstratiuelie concluded out of the Scriptures.

1678 R. Cudworth tr. Plato in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 234 Able to discourse Demonstratively concerning the same.

1709 G. Vaux tr. J. C. Sturm Mathesis Juvenilis I. 127 One sort of Geometry is Theorical, which demonstrates Theorems, and the other Practical or Effective, which demonstratively resolves Problems.

1772 J. Swinton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 214 As I have elsewhere demonstratively proved.

1845 Mag. Sci. 6 143/1 To prove demonstratively all the conclusions that are drawn hence.

1885 Manch. Examiner 22 June 5/4 The thing can be done..as..Pel has demonstratively shown.

1920 A. P. Mathews Physiol Chem. (ed. 3) ii. ix. 353 It is believed, though it has not been demonstratively proved,..that these granules..are secreted or dissolved.

1998 G. Dicker Hume's Epistemol. & Metaphysics iii. 79 The proposition..‘The future will resemble the past’ cannot be established demonstratively, because its denial does not imply a contradiction.

b. In a way that is supported by clear or convincing evidence; in a way that can be proved; to a clearly apparent extent; demonstrably. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adverb] > conclusively

definitively1532

concludentlya1575

demonstrativelya1591

demonstrably1616

concludingly1640

decisively1643

deictically1659

conclusively1749

decidedly1779

critically1857

crucially1879

a1591 H. Smith Gods Arrowe (1593) v. sig. L^v It is demonstratiuely manifest, that it is no true position of the Papists, that [etc.].

1606 J. Marston Parasitaster i. ii. sig. B4 He thinkes himselfe right perfectly wise, and most demonstratiuely learned.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 39 Plato and Aristotle..demonstratively understanding the simplicity of perfection, and the indivisible condition of the first causator.

1707 J. Witty First Princ. Mod. Deism Confuted 153 Attributes, or Powers..are common to all intelligent Beings as well as our selves, we are demonstratively sure.

1764 Bp. W. Warburton Let. 28 Oct. (1809) 353 I was as demonstratively certain of the Author, as if I had stood behind him.

1835 A. Smith Philos. Morals II. v. 324 There are many questions relating to practical conduct, in which neither side may be either demonstratively true, or demonstratively false.

1867 Chicago Med. Jrnl. 24 62 I have just under my care a case in which sulphite of soda has been most demonstratively successful.

1907 L. R. Baker Bettie Porter xxi. 277 Every farmer whose teams plied between the station and his farm was demonstratively certain that the widow's daughter was making a ‘muss’ of the affair.

2011 J. Robinson Takedown 144 Someone will say something she believes is demonstratively untrue, and eyes roll.

2. In a way that makes something readily apparent or understood; with regard to aiding comprehension or perception. Now rare. In later use chiefly Philosophy, with reference to the presentation of sense data to the mind.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > [adverb]

outa1398

feelably?a1475

manifestlyc1475

livishly1530

lively1548

demonstratively1571

declaringly1583

exhibitively1611

manifestatively1649

ostensibly1762

ostensively1763

forthrightly1934

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lii. 9) i. f. 209^v The adverb behold is taken here demonstratively [Gk. δεικτικῶς] as if David shuld bring forth upon a stage the miserable end that remayneth for the proud despysers of God.

1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iv. vii. 32 It is not a thing indifferent, to omit the repetition of those words, This is my body, enunciatively and demonstratively.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. iv. 152 The new discoveries of Stars and Asterisms..by the help of the Telescope, demonstratively and to the sense.

1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 52 The Letters..are..demonstratively laid down on the Plain.

1839 Amer. Biblical Repository Jan. 73 Mary Magdalene is spoken of emphatically, or at any rate demonstratively, in order to render plain the distinction between her and the other Marys.

1932 Proc. Aristotelian Soc. 33 72 The point about this sense-datum..is that, under certain conditions, it could be demonstratively indicated by the percipient.

2011 E. Sosa Knowing full Well iv. 77 If through his good eyesight someone aptly believes a certain (demonstratively specified) surface to be red, [etc.].

3. Grammar. So as to indicate the location of something in relation to the discourse context; as a demonstrative. Cf. demonstrative adj. 2.

ΚΠ

1626 W. Gouge Guide to goe to God vi. 246 Sometimes indeede it [sc. the article] is vsed demonstratiuely, pointing at one speciall one.

1685 J. Jackson et al. Annot. Holy Bible II. (John i. 29) sig. Aaa*3/1 The term Behold seemeth to be here used demonstratively.

1731 B. Beiler New German Gram. 73 (heading) Of der, die, das, which is used as well demonstratively as relatively.

1765 J. Elphinston Princ. Eng. Lang. Digested II. iii. i. 3 The plurals means, pains, and news..become singular collectives that may be definitely or demonstratively specified by this or that as by the.

1841 A. Boyd Episcopacy & Presbytery xi. 358 In Matt. ii. 5. the same word [sc. thus] is employed demonstratively—‘They said unto him, in Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophets; And thou Bethlehem, &c.’

1884 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1883–4 21 369 Ha may be used demonstratively as in this sentence, Ha tahox tiban avumal, This is proper, that it be done by you.

1916 B. Q. Morgan Elem. German Syntax 15 Der and derselbe are used demonstratively with genitive and prepositional phrases.

1932 Jrnl. Philos. 29 317 In This is brown (where ‘this’ is used demonstratively) brown characterises this.

1987 J. Barwise & J. Etchemendy Liar (1989) xiii. 177 A third source of ambiguity..revolves around the referent of the term ‘this’, and the fact that in English it can be used either demonstratively or reflexively.

2001 Analysis 61 56 Expressions such as ‘she’ or ‘her’ may function demonstratively.

4. With open expression of feelings, intentions, etc.; in an effusive or unreserved manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [adverb] > given to or marked by exhibition of emotion

effusedly1594

gushingly1818

demonstratively1859

effusively1870

1859 Punch 1 Jan. 2 I believe..that we try to be too demonstratively jolly on that day [sc. Christmas], and that if were only to..not overdo and force the hilarity and joviality quite so much as we try to do, we should get on much better.

1869 W. R. S. Ralston tr. I. Turgenev Liza II. xxxiv. 103 ‘Ada, vois, c'est ton père,’ said Varvara Pavlovna,..kissing her demonstratively.

1871 ‘Holme Lee’ Miss Barrington I. x. 149 Met them with a demonstratively agreeable air, and tried to engage them in talk.

1924 J. J. Robins tr. K. Stanislavsky My Life in Art xxii. 231 Judith, in a fit of indignation, throws herself, ecstatic with love, on the neck of the accursed and demonstratively proclaims her love for him.

1963 Child Devel. 34 357 Parents who..are very indulgent,..are demonstratively affectionate, may be gushing.

1996 V. J. McIntyre Sheep in Wolves' Clothing i. i. 24 He used his hands demonstratively as he spoke, occasionally becoming angry.

5. In a way that is intended to make a point, esp. by way of protest, rebuke, etc.

ΚΠ

1866 New Englander & Yale Rev. Apr. 374 One of the professors..manifested his displeasure by abruptly and demonstratively leaving the chapel in the midst of the discourse.

1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky (1993) xiii. vii. 494 Moissey, the uncompromising atheist and Internationalist, was demonstratively absent, much to the distress of his mother and resentment of his father.

1966 Duke Law Jrnl. No. 3. 860 A leading German banker used to be so contemptuous of differing expressions of opinion that he would demonstratively read a newspaper when an independent shareholder rose to speak.

1985 R. P. Ericksen Theologians under Hitler ii. 39 Kittel claims to have demonstratively walked out of two different Party gatherings in which the speaker defamed Christ or the church.

2009 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 20 May 4 Deputy Health Minister Ya'acov Litzman demonstratively left the hall in Geneva where the World Health Organization..was holding its annual assembly on Tuesday, to protest the Iranian health minister's speech.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	demonstratively
释义	demonstrativelyadv. Brit. /dᵻˈmɒnstrətᵻvli/, U.S. /dᵻˈmɑnstrədᵻvli/, /dᵻˈmɑnstrəˌtɪvli/ Forms: see demonstrative adj. and n. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: demonstrative adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < demonstrative adj. + -ly suffix².Compare post-classical Latin demonstrative by way of demonstration (4th cent.). 1. a. By logical or practical demonstration; (also) in a way that establishes the truth or existence of something; conclusively. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adverb] provably1460 demonstratively1570 scientifically1624 declaratively1625 provedly1628 demonstrably1642 affirmably1818 probatively1869 provenly1887 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. xii. f. 385 This [theorem] hath Archimedes demonstrated in this first booke of the Sphere and Cylinder, in his 40. and 41 propositions: and I remitte them thether, that will herein demonstratiuely be certified. 1587 D. Fenner Def. Godlie Ministers sig. Ii^v What soeuer bee demonstratiuelie concluded out of the Scriptures. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Plato in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 234 Able to discourse Demonstratively concerning the same. 1709 G. Vaux tr. J. C. Sturm Mathesis Juvenilis I. 127 One sort of Geometry is Theorical, which demonstrates Theorems, and the other Practical or Effective, which demonstratively resolves Problems. 1772 J. Swinton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 214 As I have elsewhere demonstratively proved. 1845 Mag. Sci. 6 143/1 To prove demonstratively all the conclusions that are drawn hence. 1885 Manch. Examiner 22 June 5/4 The thing can be done..as..Pel has demonstratively shown. 1920 A. P. Mathews Physiol Chem. (ed. 3) ii. ix. 353 It is believed, though it has not been demonstratively proved,..that these granules..are secreted or dissolved. 1998 G. Dicker Hume's Epistemol. & Metaphysics iii. 79 The proposition..‘The future will resemble the past’ cannot be established demonstratively, because its denial does not imply a contradiction. b. In a way that is supported by clear or convincing evidence; in a way that can be proved; to a clearly apparent extent; demonstrably. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adverb] > conclusively definitively1532 concludentlya1575 demonstrativelya1591 demonstrably1616 concludingly1640 decisively1643 deictically1659 conclusively1749 decidedly1779 critically1857 crucially1879 a1591 H. Smith Gods Arrowe (1593) v. sig. L^v It is demonstratiuely manifest, that it is no true position of the Papists, that [etc.]. 1606 J. Marston Parasitaster i. ii. sig. B4 He thinkes himselfe right perfectly wise, and most demonstratiuely learned. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 39 Plato and Aristotle..demonstratively understanding the simplicity of perfection, and the indivisible condition of the first causator. View more context for this quotation 1707 J. Witty First Princ. Mod. Deism Confuted 153 Attributes, or Powers..are common to all intelligent Beings as well as our selves, we are demonstratively sure. 1764 Bp. W. Warburton Let. 28 Oct. (1809) 353 I was as demonstratively certain of the Author, as if I had stood behind him. 1835 A. Smith Philos. Morals II. v. 324 There are many questions relating to practical conduct, in which neither side may be either demonstratively true, or demonstratively false. 1867 Chicago Med. Jrnl. 24 62 I have just under my care a case in which sulphite of soda has been most demonstratively successful. 1907 L. R. Baker Bettie Porter xxi. 277 Every farmer whose teams plied between the station and his farm was demonstratively certain that the widow's daughter was making a ‘muss’ of the affair. 2011 J. Robinson Takedown 144 Someone will say something she believes is demonstratively untrue, and eyes roll. 2. In a way that makes something readily apparent or understood; with regard to aiding comprehension or perception. Now rare. In later use chiefly Philosophy, with reference to the presentation of sense data to the mind. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > [adverb] outa1398 feelably?a1475 manifestlyc1475 livishly1530 lively1548 demonstratively1571 declaringly1583 exhibitively1611 manifestatively1649 ostensibly1762 ostensively1763 forthrightly1934 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lii. 9) i. f. 209^v The adverb behold is taken here demonstratively [Gk. δεικτικῶς] as if David shuld bring forth upon a stage the miserable end that remayneth for the proud despysers of God. 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iv. vii. 32 It is not a thing indifferent, to omit the repetition of those words, This is my body, enunciatively and demonstratively. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. iv. 152 The new discoveries of Stars and Asterisms..by the help of the Telescope, demonstratively and to the sense. 1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 52 The Letters..are..demonstratively laid down on the Plain. 1839 Amer. Biblical Repository Jan. 73 Mary Magdalene is spoken of emphatically, or at any rate demonstratively, in order to render plain the distinction between her and the other Marys. 1932 Proc. Aristotelian Soc. 33 72 The point about this sense-datum..is that, under certain conditions, it could be demonstratively indicated by the percipient. 2011 E. Sosa Knowing full Well iv. 77 If through his good eyesight someone aptly believes a certain (demonstratively specified) surface to be red, [etc.]. 3. Grammar. So as to indicate the location of something in relation to the discourse context; as a demonstrative. Cf. demonstrative adj. 2. ΚΠ 1626 W. Gouge Guide to goe to God vi. 246 Sometimes indeede it [sc. the article] is vsed demonstratiuely, pointing at one speciall one. 1685 J. Jackson et al. Annot. Holy Bible II. (John i. 29) sig. Aaa3/1 The term Behold* seemeth to be here used demonstratively. 1731 B. Beiler New German Gram. 73 (heading) Of der, die, das, which is used as well demonstratively as relatively. 1765 J. Elphinston Princ. Eng. Lang. Digested II. iii. i. 3 The plurals means, pains, and news..become singular collectives that may be definitely or demonstratively specified by this or that as by the. 1841 A. Boyd Episcopacy & Presbytery xi. 358 In Matt. ii. 5. the same word [sc. thus] is employed demonstratively—‘They said unto him, in Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written by the prophets; And thou Bethlehem, &c.’ 1884 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1883–4 21 369 Ha may be used demonstratively as in this sentence, Ha tahox tiban avumal, This is proper, that it be done by you. 1916 B. Q. Morgan Elem. German Syntax 15 Der and derselbe are used demonstratively with genitive and prepositional phrases. 1932 Jrnl. Philos. 29 317 In This is brown (where ‘this’ is used demonstratively) brown characterises this. 1987 J. Barwise & J. Etchemendy Liar (1989) xiii. 177 A third source of ambiguity..revolves around the referent of the term ‘this’, and the fact that in English it can be used either demonstratively or reflexively. 2001 Analysis 61 56 Expressions such as ‘she’ or ‘her’ may function demonstratively. 4. With open expression of feelings, intentions, etc.; in an effusive or unreserved manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > [adverb] > given to or marked by exhibition of emotion effusedly1594 gushingly1818 demonstratively1859 effusively1870 1859 Punch 1 Jan. 2 I believe..that we try to be too demonstratively jolly on that day [sc. Christmas], and that if were only to..not overdo and force the hilarity and joviality quite so much as we try to do, we should get on much better. 1869 W. R. S. Ralston tr. I. Turgenev Liza II. xxxiv. 103 ‘Ada, vois, c'est ton père,’ said Varvara Pavlovna,..kissing her demonstratively. 1871 ‘Holme Lee’ Miss Barrington I. x. 149 Met them with a demonstratively agreeable air, and tried to engage them in talk. 1924 J. J. Robins tr. K. Stanislavsky My Life in Art xxii. 231 Judith, in a fit of indignation, throws herself, ecstatic with love, on the neck of the accursed and demonstratively proclaims her love for him. 1963 Child Devel. 34 357 Parents who..are very indulgent,..are demonstratively affectionate, may be gushing. 1996 V. J. McIntyre Sheep in Wolves' Clothing i. i. 24 He used his hands demonstratively as he spoke, occasionally becoming angry. 5. In a way that is intended to make a point, esp. by way of protest, rebuke, etc. ΚΠ 1866 New Englander & Yale Rev. Apr. 374 One of the professors..manifested his displeasure by abruptly and demonstratively leaving the chapel in the midst of the discourse. 1917 A. Cahan Rise of David Levinsky (1993) xiii. vii. 494 Moissey, the uncompromising atheist and Internationalist, was demonstratively absent, much to the distress of his mother and resentment of his father. 1966 Duke Law Jrnl. No. 3. 860 A leading German banker used to be so contemptuous of differing expressions of opinion that he would demonstratively read a newspaper when an independent shareholder rose to speak. 1985 R. P. Ericksen Theologians under Hitler ii. 39 Kittel claims to have demonstratively walked out of two different Party gatherings in which the speaker defamed Christ or the church. 2009 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 20 May 4 Deputy Health Minister Ya'acov Litzman demonstratively left the hall in Geneva where the World Health Organization..was holding its annual assembly on Tuesday, to protest the Iranian health minister's speech. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.1570
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