单词 | ambagiously |
释义 | ambagiouslyadv. rare. In a roundabout manner; circuitously, indirectly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > indirect action or process > [adverb] sidelya1425 through the sides of?1560 collaterally1610 by the waya1616 sidewise1654 secretly1656 slantinglya1677 ambagiously1678 circuitously1797 sideways1876 in-circle1883 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 155* The Medicinal Art..doth its Work Ambagiously, by the..use of such Medicaments, as do but conduce..to help that which is Nature indeed. 2004 J. Wolfe Humanism, Machinery, & Renaissance Lit. iii. 109 The concealed speaking tubes employed by the ancient Picts preserve the secrets they ambagiously convey more securely than direct, immediate speech. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1678 |
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