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单词 discretely
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discretelyadv.

Brit. /dᵻˈskriːtli/, U.S. /dᵻˈskritli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: discrete adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < discrete adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare classical Latin discrētim, post-classical Latin discrete (5th or 6th cent.).
In a discrete manner; separately, distinctly. Opposed to continuously.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adverb]
sunderlyeOE
sundryOE
asundera1325
discretelyc1475
sundrily1487
severally1541
sunderwisea1550
separately1552
sejunctly1586
disjunctively1590
sejunctively1602
severedly1605
abstractivelya1651
incommunicately1664
detachedly1797
c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) l. 145 (MED) Be þe neyther parte of reson he knowyt dyscretly All erthely thyngys how þey xall be vsyde.
1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana ii. iii. 102 Some Sanguineous, some Carnous, other Osseous, other Spermatick Parts, which..are discretely apposed to the sanguineous, carnous, osseous, and spermatick parts præexistent in the body nourisht.
1670 S. Gott Divine Hist. Genesis World v. 57 As it is so many Ones Discretely, so it may be also one Many Complexively.
1702 J. Harris New Short Treat. Algebra 30 Whenever 4 Quantities are discretely, or 3 continually Proportional, the Rectangle or Product of the two mean Terms..is equal to the Rectangle or Product of the Extreams.
1788 N. Tucker tr. E. Swedenborg Wisdom of Angels iii. 179 These three [degrees] do not act by Continuity, but discretely.
1834 Knickerbocker Nov. 343 It may skip discretely from the key note of the scale employed..to any higher note.
1872 R. A. Proctor Ess. Astron. xxvii. 338 The same telescope shows the stars projected discretely on a perfectly black background.
1922 Bull. Geogr. Soc. Philadelphia 20 27 Hills rise abruptly from the plains, either discretely or in isolated groups and knots.
1992 New Republic 11 May 36/1 ‘Liberal theology’..can become an easy catch-all for the derision or the approbation of tendencies that should be considered discretely.
2010 J. Bolender Self-organizing Social Mind i. 28 The symmetry of a continuously symmetrical system breaks yielding a discretely symmetrical system.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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