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单词 anerly
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anerlyadv.adj.

Brit. /ˈanəli/, U.S. /ˈænərli/, Scottish English /ˈenərlɪ/
Forms: Middle English anerli (northern); pre-1700 anarlie, pre-1700 anerelie, pre-1700 anerely, pre-1700 anerle, pre-1700 anerlye, pre-1700 anirly, pre-1700 annerlie, pre-1700 anyrly, pre-1700 1800s– anerlie, pre-1700 1900s– anerly; English regional (Yorkshire) 1800s onerly, 1800s– annerly, 1800s– yannerly.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: only adv.
Etymology: Variant of only adv. (compare α. forms at that entry), with insertion of -er- perhaps after e.g. utterly adv., sunderly adv., enkerly adv., etc.; compare variant spellings at only adv. indicating the existence of trisyllabic pronunciations. With use as adjective compare α. forms at only adj. Compare also allenarly adv., allenarly adj.
Scottish and English regional (northern).
A. adv.
Only, solely; merely. Cf. allenarly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > barely, scarcely, only, or just
uneathc1200
scarcely1297
albusyc1325
onlepyc1350
anerly1381
barec1400
scarce1413
scantlyc1440
narrowlyc1450
scant1492
barelya1513
hardly?1532
faintly1544
nakedly1589
just1603
rawly1607
just1627
badly1715
scrimp1756
bare-weighta1763
scrimplya1774
jimp1814
jistc1820
1381 in W. Fraser Douglas Bk. (1885) III. 30 Owr awin kynde men..anyrly ovtakyn.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 23046 Þaa..þat al þis werld welth for-sok, And anerli [Coll. Phys. arlik, Fairf. vtterli, Trin. Cambr. only] to godd þam tok.
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 608 Ane place thai fand so braid That thai mycht syt on anerly.
a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) v. l. 3012 Was in his begynnynge Bot anerly of Brettan kynge.
1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados ix. iv. 124 Thy maist reuthfull moder..Quhilk anerlie..Has followit the hir, louit child about.
1844 G. Outram Let. of Invitation 11 July in Lyrics, Legal & Misc. (1874) 14 But anerlie wi' our ain reamin yill.
1947 D. Young Braird o Thristles 7 Anerly wives ken the ruits o joy and tene, the march o daith and birth.
2005 A. Macdonald Belle Moral ii. iii. 92 Ach, I was anerly tryin to make the poor lamb presentable.
B. adj.
Single, sole; alone, solitary; only. Cf. allenarly adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > only one > [adjective]
onlepyeOE
aefauldeOE
onlyOE
soleinc1369
solea1398
halea1400
seul1477
anerlyc1485
alonelya1513
allenarlya1525
singulara1555
fellowlessa1586
unfellowed1597
unique1601
lone1602
unical1605
single1633
solitarya1634
exclusive1790
one-off1934
one-of-a-kind1954
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Knychthede (1993) iii. 15 The quhilk is ane anerly god allane jn Trinitee and vnitee.
1518 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 148 Summa of his anerlie abilȝeamentis.
1571 G. Buchanan Admonitioun Trew Lordis sig. B.3 Thair wald nane of thame cum to Parliament to further yair desyre with ane anerlie vote.
1880 W. Stonehouse Tom Keld's Hole (ed. 2) 30 Leeavin yoor wife all yannerly at heeam.
2003 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 27 Apr. 3 Sir, talk nocht o' debt—oor anerlie debts are ti God.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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