单词 | fast enough |
释义 | > as lemmasfast enough 8. Readily, willingly; without delay or hesitation. Now only in fast enough (now colloquial). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] > readily or promptly rifea1275 fastlyc1275 gradelya1300 rada1325 readya1325 wellc1325 readilyc1330 fast1477 with a wet finger1542 forwardly1552 like one o'clock1847 up1870 like a shot1885 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 40 They..attended frely and fast a fote. 1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 2 The one affirmyng for his parte, and the other deniyng as faste againe for his parte. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iv. i. 61 Hee teaches him to hic, and to hac; which they'll doe fast enough of themselues. View more context for this quotation 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 49 I cannot but admire as fast what they think is become of judgement, and tast in other men. 1876 A. R. Hope Round about Minster Green ii. 53 I daresay she went about to all the girls and persuaded them to vote for her; they would do it fast enough though, just to spite me. 1900 ‘J. Flynt’ & ‘F. Walton’ Powers that Prey 238 ‘If there's anything to be said, it's you can say it’ ‘Sure! I'll say it fast enough.’ 2007 F. Beckett Great City Acad. Fraud v. 77 They'd have been round fast enough if I'd kept him out of school... No one wanted to know. < as lemmas |
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