单词 | exquisitely |
释义 | exquisitelyadv. In an exquisite manner or degree. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] rightlyeOE righteOE evenOE evenlya1225 redlyc1275 justicelya1375 justilya1375 justlya1375 redilya1375 trulya1375 properlya1382 precisec1392 preciselyc1392 truec1392 straitlya1395 leala1400 arightc1405 by linec1420 justlyc1425 featlya1450 rule-righta1450 to the letter?1495 exquisitely1526 evenliklya1530 very1530 absolutely1538 jump1539 just1568 accurately1581 punctually1581 jumplya1586 arights1596 just so1601 plumb1601 compassly1606 nicelya1616 squarely1626 justa1631 adequately1632 mathematicallya1638 critically1655 exquisitively1660 just1665 pointedly1667 faithfully1690 correctlya1704 jus1801 jest1815 jes1851 neat1875 cleanly1883 on the nose1883 smack-dab1892 spot on1920 forensically1974 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. IIIiiii That he..pronounce euery letter..curiously & exquisytly. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 23/1 Pionye kernelles..exquisitelye pouldrede. 1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. xliv. 270 If the certaine hour.. cannot exquisitely be knowne. 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 276 Reserve them in great round Boxes exquisitely shut. 1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry i. ix. 53 Till the whole mass is exquisitely mingled. 2. In a highly finished manner; with perfection of detail; elaborately, beautifully, excellently. Now with emotional sense (cf. exquisite adj. 5): With such delicate beauty or subtle perfection as to excite intense pleasure or admiration. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [adverb] sovereignlyc1340 excellentlyc1400 by (an, way of) excellencec1450 transcendingly1528 exquisitely1535 precellently?1567 divinely1582 par excellence1584 pre-eminently1590 superlatively1596 surpassing1598 by (way of) eminency1608 superexcellently1615 by (way of) eminence1621 transcendently1623 surpassingly1658 exquisitively1660 par eminence1823 heavenlike1832 transcendentally1870 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > with skilled or elaborate workmanship quaintlyc1300 curiously1340 finelya1400 exquisitely1535 1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale 29 He hath so exquysitly translated the testament. c1593 in J. Raine Descr. Anc. Monuments Church of Durham (1842) 43 The picture of Bushop Cedda..with..his crosier staffe in his lefte hand exquistelie shewed. a1639 H. Wotton Short View Life Duke of Buckingham (1642) 16 A Collection of certain rare Manuscripts, exquisitly written in Arabique. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xvi. 272 A goblet exquisitely wrought. 1871 W. H. Ainsworth Tower Hill i. xv The tender melancholy was exquisitely expressed by her voice and looks. 1878 A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam ix. 145 A vast chain of exquisitely tinted snow-peaks. 3. In the highest degree; exceedingly. Now with emotional sense; cf. 2 and exquisite adj. 3c, 4. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly swithlyc888 micklelyeOE swith971 hardOE un-i-fohOE sevenfoldlOE unmeet?c1225 innerlyc1330 horribly1340 too1340 sore1474 horriblec1475 vehemently1483 outrageous1487 done?a1513 exquisite1529 strangely1532 exceeding1535 exceedingly1535 angardlyc1540 angerlyc1540 choicec1540 vengeable1542 vengeably?1550 extremelya1554 monstrous1569 thrice1579 amain1587 extremea1591 damnably1598 fellc1600 tyrannically1602 exquisitely1603 damnedly1607 preciously1607 damnablea1616 impensively1620 excellingly1621 main1632 fearful1634 vengeancelya1640 upsy1650 impensely1657 twadding1657 vastly1664 hideous1667 mainly1670 consumed1707 consumedly1707 outrageously1749 damned1757 nation1771 shockingly1777 deuced1779 darn1789 darned1807 felly1807 varsal1814 awful1816 awfy1816 frightfully1816 deucedly1819 dogged1819 awfully1820 gallowsa1823 shocking1831 tremendously1832 everlasting1833 terribly1833 fearfully1835 ripping1838 poison1840 thundering1853 frighteninglyc1854 raring1854 hell's own1863 goldarned1866 goddamned1870 doggone1871 acutely1872 whooping1874 stupidly1878 everlastingly1879 hideously1882 densely1883 storming1883 good and1885 thunderingly1885 crazy1887 tremendous1887 madly1888 goldarn1892 howling1895 murderously1916 rasted1919 goddam1921 bitchingly1923 Christly1923 bitching1929 falling-down1930 lousy1932 appallingly1937 stratospherically1941 Christ almighty1945 effing1945 focking1956 dagnab1961 drop-dead1980 hella1987 totes2006 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxv. 84 Exquisitely readie and skilfull in the Latine. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 32 When the coards of a State are exquisitly tight. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 92 They are exquisitely dexterous in unfolding the most intricate mysteries. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 497. ⁋3 This fellow, in a dress the most exquisitely ridiculous. 1746 J. Hervey Refl. Flower-garden 102 in Medit. among Tombs The Tulip, as exquisitely fine as the Rainbow,..spread its glittering Plumage. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xv. 156 Exquisitely minute they must be. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxix. 283 There was something so exquisitely absurd in such a cartel of defiance. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 369 Humour of the most austere flavour, yet exquisitely delicious. 1882 E. O'Donovan Merv Oasis I. i. 22 The roads were in such exquisitely bad condition. 4. With reference to perception or sensation: ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adverb] > with delicacy subtlyc1350 at point devicec1390 point-devicec1425 subtilelya1513 finely1542 to the point device1542 by point device1575 critically1607 exquisitely1626 nicely1638 delicately1776 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §868 We see more exquisitely with One Eye Shut than with Both Open. 1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 19 It is a very sagacious and exquisitely Smelling Creature. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. ii. 116 It is customary, in endeavouring to feel exquisitely, to rub the Ends of the Fingers against the tangible Object. b. In an exquisite degree; intensely, acutely, keenly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [adverb] deepa1000 inwardlya1000 inlyOE mortallyc1390 deeplya1400 keena1400 keenlya1400 from the bottom of one's hearta1413 from (also fro) one's heart1477 profoundly1489 from the spleen?a1505 sensibly1577 with sense1578 smartlyc1580 soakingly1593 dearly1604 intimately1637 viscerally1637 exquisitely1678 sensitively1793 exaltedly1855 intensely1860 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 891 Should..a Son not only murder his own Parents..but also Exquisitely torture them. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Tacitus in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. p. vii These he punished exquisitely. 1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 431 A swelling..becoming exquisitely painful. 1851 A. Helps Friends in Council I. 14 To see ten human beings..making each other exquisitely uncomfortable. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 284 A people exquisitely sensitive on points of national honour. 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