单词 | anerly |
释义 | anerlyadv.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). < adv.adj.1381 |
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