单词 | distinctly |
释义 | distinctlyadv. a. In a distinct or separate manner; separately, individually, severally. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adverb] > distinctly or marking the difference between distinctlya1382 in sunderc1450 differencinglya1640 differentially1644 distinguishedly1680 distinguishably1704 sheerly1866 distinctively1871 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adverb] > individually or distinctly distinctlya1382 several1551 unconfusedly1663 unconfoundedly1664 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. i. 2 The grauel of the se, and the dropis of reyn, and the daȝes of the world, who distinctli hath noumbrede? 1425 Found. St. Bartholomew's 23 Sundry thyngys by ther propyr namys distynctly he callide. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) ii. 54 I will speake distinctlie of those two pointes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 201 On the Top-mast, The Yards and Bore-spritt, would I flame distinctly, Then meete, and ioyne. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews xvi. iv, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 515 Their father..took each of them distinctly in his arms. ΚΠ a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 16 Distinctly from that he chose plain Fare of Water and the gross Diet of Pulse. 2. a. In a distinct or clear manner; without confusion or obscurity; so as to be clearly perceived or understood; with clear perception or understanding; clearly, plainly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > [adverb] sutelichec900 openlyOE redelya1250 redlyc1275 in (also on) opena1382 distinctly1382 plainlya1393 lightsomely?1510 markly1533 natively1542 pervially?1611 dilucidly1638 unmistakably1665 realizingly1786 unambiguously1790 starkly1928 accessibly2003 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [adverb] > clearly distinctly1382 distinctively1632 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Neh. viii. 8 And thei radden in the boc of the lawe distinctli and apertli to vnderstonde. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. xvii. 62 Though a thinge be ryght tofore the eye, yf it be to ferre therfrom, it is not dystynctly knowe. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxxii. A The vnparfite tunge shal speake planely and distinctly. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 283 I remember a masse of things, but nothing distinctly . View more context for this quotation 1709 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 103. ⁋13 He could see nothing distinctly. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table xi. 324 I tried to speak twice without making myself distinctly audible. 1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. i. x. 112 They did not know, perhaps, distinctly what they meant to do. b. In modern use (chiefly with adjectives or adjectival phrases): in a way clear to the mind or perception; clearly, unmistakably, decidedly, indubitably. (Cf. distinct adj. 5c.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [adverb] couthlyc900 yareOE witterlyc1175 apertlyc1315 in (also on) opena1382 apodictically1615 demonstratedly1670 unsuspectedly1748 unsuspiciouslya1812 distinctly1858 1858 C. Kingsley Lett. (1878) I. 21 An object which was distinctly not political. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 133 One would have thought that horses were distinctly in the way. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xiv. 217 The young American lady had distinctly the best of it. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iii. §1. 114 The English court had become the centre of a distinctly secular literature. 1893 Critic (N.Y.) 11 Mar. 147/1 Now the favorite slang word of literature is ‘distinctly’. Heroines are now ‘distinctly regal’ in their bearing, and there is about the heroes a manner that is ‘distinctly fine’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < adv.a1382 |
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