greatlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈɡreɪtli/, U.S.

/ˈɡreɪtli/

Forms: see great adj. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: great adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < great adj. + -ly suffix². Compare Middle Dutch grotelike in a great degree, much, very, enthusiastically, heartily, grandly (Dutch grootelijks grandly, splendidly, in a great degree, highly, very, powerfully), Middle Low German grōtlīk, grōtlīke, grōtlīken, grōtelīk, grōtelīken very, strongly, highly, grandly, Middle High German grōzlīche, grözlīche, grōzlīchen, grözlīchen very, highly (German grösslich very, much, extremely, to a great degree).In quots. 1531 and 1535 at sense 1c perhaps after German vil-, intensifying prefix (see fele adv.): Isaiah 62:14 and 32:12, the passages translated in these quots., have die vilbewonten stett and die vilbesuochten statt in Zwingli's German translation of the Bible (a1531), whereas the English adverb has no equivalent in the Latin Vulgate, the Hebrew original, or Luther's German translation.

1. To a great extent, in a great degree; extensively, exceedingly; highly; much, very.

a. Modifying verbs and participles.to set greatly by: see set v.¹ 91f.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb]

stronglyeOE

felec950

strongeOE

highlyOE

highOE

greatlya1200

stourlya1225

greata1325

dreec1330

deeplya1400

mightya1400

dreichlyc1400

mighty?a1425

sorec1440

mainlyc1450

greatumly1456

madc1487

profoundly1489

stronglya1492

muchwhata1513

shrewlya1529

heapa1547

vengeance?1548

sorely1562

smartlyc1580

mightly1582

mightily1587

violently1601

intensively1604

almightily1612

violent1629

seriously1643

intensely1646

importunately1660

shrewdly1664

gey1686

sadly1738

plenty1775

vitally1787

substantively1795

badly1813

far1814

heavily1819

serious1825

measurably1834

dearly1843

bally1939

majorly1955

sizzlingly1956

majorly1978

fecking1983

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 13 (MED) Gef man haueð to done mid his rihte spuse on unsele..he sinegeð gretliche.

?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 313 & þe ancre legge oneiðer sumpenitance Mare up on þilke þe gretluker gulte.

c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 1137 So gretliche sche awondred was Þat hir chaunged blod and fas.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 47 Ne weneþ naȝt gratliche zeneȝy.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Hengwrt) (2003) §577 I kan nat se þ^t it myghte greetly harme me, thogh I tooke vengeance.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 472 Þou has giltid, but noȝt gretly.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iii. ii. f. lv I thanke the gretely.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ccxvii. [ccxiii.] 671 That he had many of his men slayne, and that the batayle had cost hym greatly.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. D2^v He..Greatly shunned manly exercise.

1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel 28 He that first stird in the Churches cause, Against him greatliest that oppugned it.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. i. 17 To heare musique, the Generall does not greatly care.

1665 J. Evelyn Let. 20 June in Mem. (1818) II. ii. 204 Such as have lived long in Universities do greately affect words and expressions no where in use besides.

1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 39 They, first, Themselves offend, who greatly please.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 221 The bark is greatly esteemed among the tanners.

1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 287 Gigantic shrubs, greatly resembling our English yew.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 53 I should greatly prefer a real friend to all the gold of Darius.

1926 J. Buchan Dancing Floor xvi. 277 When Vernon did not return he had not concerned himself greatly, for the affairs of his master were no business of his.

1967 G. Greene May we borrow your Husband? 157 I am one of the few who have never been greatly tempted in that direction.

2001 Smithsonian Dec. 52/2 His adventuresome, knockabout background..greatly impressed the unworldly van Gogh.

b. Modifying non-participial adjectives, prepositional phrases, and other adverbials.greatly to the credit of: see credit n. 7a(a).

ΚΠ

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1292 Þan was þemperour greteli glad.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11634 Sco was gretli in dute.

?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 56 Aȝens god þou dost grettly amys.

a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 154 The Emperour grauntid that peticion for lost of observaunce of the lawe, but hit was gretly ayenste his herte.

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 548/1 To the ende that euery man may..be greatlyer afraide.

1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 16 in Trav. Persia His long experience in Affairs rendered him greatly considerable.

1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 12 Lead-sheathing greatly cheaper than that of Wood.

1749 Lady Luxborough Let. 28 Dec. in Lett. to W. Shenstone (1775) 179 I..think it an ornament greatly in taste.

1768 H. Walpole Hist. Doubts 70 I shall show that it is greatly probable.

1817 A. Bonar Serm. II. xv. 318 All the names of excellence..are greatly too mean to declare the Saviour's worth.

1824 W. S. Landor Wks. (1846) I. 183/2 Here the bow is greatly a better weapon than the musket.

a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) i. 66 The skate and dog fish are greatly less rare.

1873 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera (1896) II. xxx. 131 Her mother and brother were greatly proud of her.

1886 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties 12 Careless and lazy is he, Greatly inferior to Me.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 14 Aug. 10/2 Mr. Wilbur Wright is busy experimenting with his greatly successful bi-plane.

1945 Pop. Mech. Aug. 104/2 Wall plaques, picture frames, coat hangers and other articles of use around the home are greatly in demand.

1979 T. Honderich in T. Honderich & M. Burnyeat Philos. as it Is 251 Subjects have experiences which are related to ordinary remembering but of a greatly more vivid nature.

2011 C. Moir Saltbox v. 26 Drusilla was slightly enterprising, not greatly desirous and ambitious.

c. Modifying participial adjectives.

ΚΠ

1531 G. Joye tr. Prophete Isaye lxii. sig. P.ii Thow shalt be called the gretely haunted populose cyte and thou shalt nomore be called the forsaken.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxxii. C The palaces..shalbe broken, and the greatly occupide cities desolate.

1603 N. Breton Dialogue Pithe & Pleasure sig. C3^v In a little, but I may say, a greatly blessed Ilande.

1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xi. 379 Vomitories are very profitable, as being a greatly revelling medicine.

1727 S. Hales Veg. Staticks 138 Its rarifying power then ceasing, the greatly rarified sap, and air mixt with it, will condense.

1764 Museum Rusticum 2 iii. 17 Whatever saccharine particles touch the greatly-heated boiler are turned black.

1817 A. M. Porter Knight of St. John II. xiii. 282 Giovanni..was lending all the powers of his greatly-gifted mind to strengthen the different fortresses round the two ports.

1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth of Lang. xii. 244 Their greatly varying dialects are polysyllabic and agglutinative.

1920 Guide to Nature Dec. 114/1 The greatly admired photograph that shows him in his boat rowing onward, onward, alone.

1969 H. Holborn Hist. Mod. Germany 1840–1945 ii. vii. 359 An important organizational shift occurred with the greatly increasing employment of unskilled laborers.

2005 A. Smith Accidental 239 He argued in the class debate about art, about how cinema was a greatly misunderstood art form.

2. With a loud voice; loudly. Now literary rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adverb] > with raised voice or loudly

loud971

highc1225

on highc1225

highlyc1275

mainlyc1300

with full (also open) mouthc1300

alouda1325

greatly1340

ahigha1400

loudlya1400

on or upon heightc1405

on, upon (the) loftc1420

on loudc1450

in heightc1480

big1556

to the loudesta1616

full-mouthedly1681

in loud1682

stentoriously1685

trumpet-mouthed1767

at the top of one's throat1819

out loud1821

stentorianly1880

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 156 Þe asse..beginþ zinge grat-liche.

1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus sig. Iiv^v If I shulde say it moste greatly .i. yf I shulde say it and sweare it neuer so moche, or neuer so fast, yet no man wolde beleue it.

a1916 J. London Red One in Red One (1918) 47 I, who am about to pass out of the light of day forever, would like to pass with the wonder-voice of the Red One singing greatly in my ears.

3. In a great manner: (a) magnanimously, nobly, grandly; (b) eminently, illustriously; (c) with brilliant success, very well indeed. Now literary.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adverb]

micklelyeOE

worthlyeOE

noblelyc1300

lordlya1398

greatlya1400

kinglyc1425

princely1548

lordlikea1555

princelike1567

majestically1577

kinglike1582

elevatedly1593

great1616

grandly1647

augustly1649

magnificently1660

grand1729

lordfully1836

queenly1840

exaltedly1852

regally1852

nobilmente1899

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adverb]

gloriouslya1340

greatlya1400

flourishly1558

famously1579

heroically1583

renownedly1583

distinguishedlya1745

brilliantly1813

lustrously1849

legendarily1953

a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 44 Oure lord gretly dyde with us [L. magnificavit..facere], we been maad ioyful.

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 30 Hermetis lyffe þerfore is grett, if it gretely be done.

c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 31 (MED) So itt was gretly spoken of theym that faght the beste and gave the grettest strokes.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxix. 532 The Iewes had leaue to buyld it [sc. the Temple] again, specially vnder the Emperour Iulian..who of his owne purse gaue greatly to the building thereof.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) Epil. 5 Small time: but in that small, most greatly liued This Starre of England.

1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. v. i. 58 It is for you, brave Man..Greatly to speake, and yet more greatly do.

1713 J. Addison Cato iv. iv The brave youth..Who greatly in his country's cause expired.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. ii. 312 What he greatly thought, he nobly dar'd.

1764 S. Foote Patron iii. 70 If your piece had been greatly receiv'd, I would have declared Sir Thomas Lofty the author; if coldly, I would have own'd it myself.

1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 820 All were once Perfect, and all must be at length restored. So God has greatly purpos'd.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. iii. 25 These boys became the generation of men who fought greatly and endured greatly in the last struggle of their Republic.

1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City viii. 238 It was a great theme greatly treated.

1910 G. Morris Spread Eagle 244 When he lost money at poker his brown eyes held exactly the same twinkle as when he won, and it was current among the young men that he had played greatly in his day.

1936 R. Aldington Artifex 57 The world is far too populous and far too chaotic for any effective influence even of a great conception greatly expressed.

1987 Middle East Contemp. Surv. 9 429 The Imam said that Khameneh'i's first ‘four years of Islamic Presidency had passed soundly, firmly, greatly and successfully’.

1995 H. Banerjee Tagores of Jorasanko Foreword p. v A compelling desire to live greatly and magnanimously.

a. On a large scale; in or by large numbers; numerously.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > to a great extent, largely, or extensively

substantiallya1425

ample1481

amply1481

greatly1579

supernaculum1599

spaciously1608

extensively1736

largely1785

wholesalely1843

fatly1866

majorly1929

1579 J. Frampton tr. M. Polo Most Noble & Famous Trauels lxxii. 75 There be great playnes and valleys & mountaines, being greatly inhabited, with Cities and townes.

1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade 51 Any business which is more freely managed may be greatlier managed than if it were more restrained.

1792 E. Burke Let. 29 Feb. in Corr. (1968) VII. 84 The funeral of our Dear Sir Joshua. It will be greatly attended.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. ii. x. 456 India was not greatly inhabited in the times of Alexander.

1914 First Amer. National Fire Prevention Convent. 1913 216 A great deal of time..has been spent in dealing with the solution of problems in the greatly populated centers.

2001 D. Matthews in W. H. Chafe et al. Remembering Jim Crow iii. 111 Revivals..were greatly attended because the ministers were fireballers.

†b. For a great or the most part; mainly, chiefly. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > for the most part

for the more party1372

for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387

for the more partc1405

for (the) most partc1405

much dealc1425

in substancea1450

for the mostc1531

in (also for) the generality1580

for the general1581

in (also for, on, upon) the maina1591

largely1594

principally1600

in chiefa1616

mainly1640

nine times (parts, etc.) out of (also in, of) ten1648

greatly1742

as a rule1828

1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the First 7 They greatly live a life on earth Unkindled, unconceiv'd.

1865 G. Grote Plato I. v. 178 We now enter upon the second or dialectic period; passed by Plato greatly at Megara.

5. In or to a high rank or position. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [adverb]

highlyOE

up1509

greatly1684

1684 N. Lee Constantine ii. 20 The Virgin's beautiful, and greatly born.

1768 Summer-house II. iii. i. 5 To be greatly married, in point of fortune was, according to his sordid notions, to be happily married.

a1800 T. Bellamy Beggar Boy (1801) II. 142 I am not greatly born, like you.

1816 J. Austen Emma I. viii. 134 You encourage her to expect to marry greatly .

1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. July 246 It matters not..how many ensigns shall have greatly risen through all the gradations of command.

1842 C. S. M. Bury Manœuvring Mother III. 303 You were greatly married—that was my doing.

1911 M. H. Hewlett Brazenhead Great p. vi Captain Brazenhead..was born greatly, lived greatly, loved greatly, and died greatly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	greatly
释义	† greatlyadj. Forms: see great adj., n., adv., and int. and -ly suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: great adj., -ly suffix¹. Etymology: < great adj. + -ly suffix¹. Compare Old Frisian grātelik large, powerful, Old Dutch grōtlīk enormous, heavy, important (Middle Dutch grotelijc large, heavy), Middle High German grôzlich, grözlich large. Obsolete. rare. Perhaps: noble, royal. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective] higheOE drightlikeOE highlyOE drightfula1225 prouda1275 principalc1385 solemna1387 gentlec1390 high and mighty1400 imperial?c1400 royalc1405 kinglyc1425 sublimatec1425 lordfulc1429 lordlyc1440 assumpt1447 raiseda1450 haught1470 kinglikec1485 lordlike1488 triumphant1494 greatlya1500 princely?a1510 supereminent1531 princelike1532 lofta1547 lofty1548 regal1561 supernal1562 haughty1563 excelse1569 queen-like?1571 majestical1578 erecteda1586 augustious1591 ennobled1592 imperious1592 enthronized1593 august1594 high-born1598 sublimed1602 jovial1604 majestic1606 enthroned1609 starred1615 exalted1623 majestuous1633 reared1638 sublimary1655 majestative1656 kingrik1663 superb1663 grand1673 celse1708 stilted1744 canonized1790 queenly1791 apotheosized1794 princified1857 a1500 (?c1450) Merlin v. 65 (MED) Gretly was the kynge at that feeste, and ioyfull and mery. 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. b^v Thai war courtes & couth thair knyghthed to kyth Athir vthir wele gret in gretly degre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2018). greatlyadv. Brit. /ˈɡreɪtli/, U.S. /ˈɡreɪtli/ Forms: see great adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: great adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < great adj. + -ly suffix². Compare Middle Dutch grotelike in a great degree, much, very, enthusiastically, heartily, grandly (Dutch grootelijks grandly, splendidly, in a great degree, highly, very, powerfully), Middle Low German grōtlīk, grōtlīke, grōtlīken, grōtelīk, grōtelīken very, strongly, highly, grandly, Middle High German grōzlīche, grözlīche, grōzlīchen, grözlīchen very, highly (German grösslich very, much, extremely, to a great degree).In quots. 1531 and 1535 at sense 1c perhaps after German vil-, intensifying prefix (see fele adv.): Isaiah 62:14 and 32:12, the passages translated in these quots., have die vilbewonten stett and die vilbesuochten statt in Zwingli's German translation of the Bible (a1531), whereas the English adverb has no equivalent in the Latin Vulgate, the Hebrew original, or Luther's German translation. 1. To a great extent, in a great degree; extensively, exceedingly; highly; much, very. a. Modifying verbs and participles.to set greatly by: see set v.¹ 91f. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] stronglyeOE felec950 strongeOE highlyOE highOE greatlya1200 stourlya1225 greata1325 dreec1330 deeplya1400 mightya1400 dreichlyc1400 mighty?a1425 sorec1440 mainlyc1450 greatumly1456 madc1487 profoundly1489 stronglya1492 muchwhata1513 shrewlya1529 heapa1547 vengeance?1548 sorely1562 smartlyc1580 mightly1582 mightily1587 violently1601 intensively1604 almightily1612 violent1629 seriously1643 intensely1646 importunately1660 shrewdly1664 gey1686 sadly1738 plenty1775 vitally1787 substantively1795 badly1813 far1814 heavily1819 serious1825 measurably1834 dearly1843 bally1939 majorly1955 sizzlingly1956 majorly1978 fecking1983 a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 13 (MED) Gef man haueð to done mid his rihte spuse on unsele..he sinegeð gretliche. ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 313 & þe ancre legge oneiðer sumpenitance Mare up on þilke þe gretluker gulte. c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 1137 So gretliche sche awondred was Þat hir chaunged blod and fas. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 47 Ne weneþ naȝt gratliche zeneȝy. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Melibeus (Hengwrt) (2003) §577 I kan nat se þ^t it myghte greetly harme me, thogh I tooke vengeance. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 472 Þou has giltid, but noȝt gretly. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iii. ii. f. lv I thanke the gretely. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ccxvii. [ccxiii.] 671 That he had many of his men slayne, and that the batayle had cost hym greatly. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. D2^v He..Greatly shunned manly exercise. 1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel 28 He that first stird in the Churches cause, Against him greatliest that oppugned it. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. i. 17 To heare musique, the Generall does not greatly care. View more context for this quotation 1665 J. Evelyn Let. 20 June in Mem. (1818) II. ii. 204 Such as have lived long in Universities do greately affect words and expressions no where in use besides. 1745 E. Young Complaint: Night the Eighth 39 They, first, Themselves offend, who greatly please. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 221 The bark is greatly esteemed among the tanners. 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 287 Gigantic shrubs, greatly resembling our English yew. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 53 I should greatly prefer a real friend to all the gold of Darius. 1926 J. Buchan Dancing Floor xvi. 277 When Vernon did not return he had not concerned himself greatly, for the affairs of his master were no business of his. 1967 G. Greene May we borrow your Husband? 157 I am one of the few who have never been greatly tempted in that direction. 2001 Smithsonian Dec. 52/2 His adventuresome, knockabout background..greatly impressed the unworldly van Gogh. b. Modifying non-participial adjectives, prepositional phrases, and other adverbials.greatly to the credit of: see credit n. 7a(a). ΚΠ a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1292 Þan was þemperour greteli glad. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11634 Sco was gretli in dute. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 56 Aȝens god þou dost grettly amys. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 154 The Emperour grauntid that peticion for lost of observaunce of the lawe, but hit was gretly ayenste his herte. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 548/1 To the ende that euery man may..be greatlyer afraide. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 16 in Trav. Persia His long experience in Affairs rendered him greatly considerable. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 12 Lead-sheathing greatly cheaper than that of Wood. 1749 Lady Luxborough Let. 28 Dec. in Lett. to W. Shenstone (1775) 179 I..think it an ornament greatly in taste. 1768 H. Walpole Hist. Doubts 70 I shall show that it is greatly probable. 1817 A. Bonar Serm. II. xv. 318 All the names of excellence..are greatly too mean to declare the Saviour's worth. 1824 W. S. Landor Wks. (1846) I. 183/2 Here the bow is greatly a better weapon than the musket. a1856 H. Miller Testimony of Rocks (1857) i. 66 The skate and dog fish are greatly less rare. 1873 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera (1896) II. xxx. 131 Her mother and brother were greatly proud of her. 1886 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties 12 Careless and lazy is he, Greatly inferior to Me. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 14 Aug. 10/2 Mr. Wilbur Wright is busy experimenting with his greatly successful bi-plane. 1945 Pop. Mech. Aug. 104/2 Wall plaques, picture frames, coat hangers and other articles of use around the home are greatly in demand. 1979 T. Honderich in T. Honderich & M. Burnyeat Philos. as it Is 251 Subjects have experiences which are related to ordinary remembering but of a greatly more vivid nature. 2011 C. Moir Saltbox v. 26 Drusilla was slightly enterprising, not greatly desirous and ambitious. c. Modifying participial adjectives. ΚΠ 1531 G. Joye tr. Prophete Isaye lxii. sig. P.ii Thow shalt be called the gretely haunted populose cyte and thou shalt nomore be called the forsaken. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxxii. C The palaces..shalbe broken, and the greatly occupide cities desolate. 1603 N. Breton Dialogue Pithe & Pleasure sig. C3^v In a little, but I may say, a greatly blessed Ilande. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xi. 379 Vomitories are very profitable, as being a greatly revelling medicine. 1727 S. Hales Veg. Staticks 138 Its rarifying power then ceasing, the greatly rarified sap, and air mixt with it, will condense. 1764 Museum Rusticum 2 iii. 17 Whatever saccharine particles touch the greatly-heated boiler are turned black. 1817 A. M. Porter Knight of St. John II. xiii. 282 Giovanni..was lending all the powers of his greatly-gifted mind to strengthen the different fortresses round the two ports. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth of Lang. xii. 244 Their greatly varying dialects are polysyllabic and agglutinative. 1920 Guide to Nature Dec. 114/1 The greatly admired photograph that shows him in his boat rowing onward, onward, alone. 1969 H. Holborn Hist. Mod. Germany 1840–1945 ii. vii. 359 An important organizational shift occurred with the greatly increasing employment of unskilled laborers. 2005 A. Smith Accidental 239 He argued in the class debate about art, about how cinema was a greatly misunderstood art form. 2. With a loud voice; loudly. Now literary rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adverb] > with raised voice or loudly loud971 highc1225 on highc1225 highlyc1275 mainlyc1300 with full (also open) mouthc1300 alouda1325 greatly1340 ahigha1400 loudlya1400 on or upon heightc1405 on, upon (the) loftc1420 on loudc1450 in heightc1480 big1556 to the loudesta1616 full-mouthedly1681 in loud1682 stentoriously1685 trumpet-mouthed1767 at the top of one's throat1819 at the top of one's throat1819 out loud1821 stentorianly1880 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 156 Þe asse..beginþ zinge grat-liche. 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus sig. Iiv^v If I shulde say it moste greatly .i. yf I shulde say it and sweare it neuer so moche, or neuer so fast, yet no man wolde beleue it. a1916 J. London Red One in Red One (1918) 47 I, who am about to pass out of the light of day forever, would like to pass with the wonder-voice of the Red One singing greatly in my ears. 3. In a great manner: (a) magnanimously, nobly, grandly; (b) eminently, illustriously; (c) with brilliant success, very well indeed. Now literary. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adverb] micklelyeOE worthlyeOE noblelyc1300 lordlya1398 greatlya1400 kinglyc1425 princely1548 lordlikea1555 princelike1567 majestically1577 kinglike1582 elevatedly1593 great1616 grandly1647 augustly1649 magnificently1660 grand1729 lordfully1836 queenly1840 exaltedly1852 regally1852 nobilmente1899 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adverb] gloriouslya1340 greatlya1400 flourishly1558 famously1579 heroically1583 renownedly1583 distinguishedlya1745 brilliantly1813 lustrously1849 legendarily1953 a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 44 Oure lord gretly dyde with us [L. magnificavit..facere], we been maad ioyful. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 30 Hermetis lyffe þerfore is grett, if it gretely be done. c1450 King Ponthus (Digby) in Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. (1897) 12 31 (MED) So itt was gretly spoken of theym that faght the beste and gave the grettest strokes. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxix. 532 The Iewes had leaue to buyld it [sc. the Temple] again, specially vnder the Emperour Iulian..who of his owne purse gaue greatly to the building thereof. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) Epil. 5 Small time: but in that small, most greatly liued This Starre of England. View more context for this quotation 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. v. i. 58 It is for you, brave Man..Greatly to speake, and yet more greatly do. 1713 J. Addison Cato iv. iv The brave youth..Who greatly in his country's cause expired. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. ii. 312 What he greatly thought, he nobly dar'd. 1764 S. Foote Patron iii. 70 If your piece had been greatly receiv'd, I would have declared Sir Thomas Lofty the author; if coldly, I would have own'd it myself. 1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 820 All were once Perfect, and all must be at length restored. So God has greatly purpos'd. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. iii. 25 These boys became the generation of men who fought greatly and endured greatly in the last struggle of their Republic. 1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City viii. 238 It was a great theme greatly treated. 1910 G. Morris Spread Eagle 244 When he lost money at poker his brown eyes held exactly the same twinkle as when he won, and it was current among the young men that he had played greatly in his day. 1936 R. Aldington Artifex 57 The world is far too populous and far too chaotic for any effective influence even of a great conception greatly expressed. 1987 Middle East Contemp. Surv. 9 429 The Imam said that Khameneh'i's first ‘four years of Islamic Presidency had passed soundly, firmly, greatly and successfully’. 1995 H. Banerjee Tagores of Jorasanko Foreword p. v A compelling desire to live greatly and magnanimously. 4. a. On a large scale; in or by large numbers; numerously. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > to a great extent, largely, or extensively substantiallya1425 ample1481 amply1481 greatly1579 supernaculum1599 spaciously1608 extensively1736 largely1785 wholesalely1843 fatly1866 majorly1929 1579 J. Frampton tr. M. Polo Most Noble & Famous Trauels lxxii. 75 There be great playnes and valleys & mountaines, being greatly inhabited, with Cities and townes. 1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade 51 Any business which is more freely managed may be greatlier managed than if it were more restrained. 1792 E. Burke Let. 29 Feb. in Corr. (1968) VII. 84 The funeral of our Dear Sir Joshua. It will be greatly attended. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. ii. x. 456 India was not greatly inhabited in the times of Alexander. 1914 First Amer. National Fire Prevention Convent. 1913 216 A great deal of time..has been spent in dealing with the solution of problems in the greatly populated centers. 2001 D. Matthews in W. H. Chafe et al. Remembering Jim Crow iii. 111 Revivals..were greatly attended because the ministers were fireballers. †b. For a great or the most part; mainly, chiefly. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > for the most part for the more party1372 for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387 for the more partc1405 for (the) most partc1405 much dealc1425 in substancea1450 for the mostc1531 in (also for) the generality1580 for the general1581 in (also for, on, upon) the maina1591 largely1594 principally1600 in chiefa1616 mainly1640 nine times (parts, etc.) out of (also in, of) ten1648 greatly1742 as a rule1828 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the First 7 They greatly live a life on earth Unkindled, unconceiv'd. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. v. 178 We now enter upon the second or dialectic period; passed by Plato greatly at Megara. 5. In or to a high rank or position. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [adverb] highlyOE up1509 greatly1684 1684 N. Lee Constantine ii. 20 The Virgin's beautiful, and greatly born. 1768 Summer-house II. iii. i. 5 To be greatly married, in point of fortune was, according to his sordid notions, to be happily married. a1800 T. Bellamy Beggar Boy (1801) II. 142 I am not greatly born, like you. 1816 J. Austen Emma I. viii. 134 You encourage her to expect to marry greatly . View more context for this quotation 1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. July 246 It matters not..how many ensigns shall have greatly risen through all the gradations of command. 1842 C. S. M. Bury Manœuvring Mother III. 303 You were greatly married—that was my doing. 1911 M. H. Hewlett Brazenhead Great p. vi Captain Brazenhead..was born greatly, lived greatly, loved greatly, and died greatly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1500adv.a1200
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