单词 | anywise |
释义 | anywiseadv. Now rare (archaic and regional in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > in any way or respect anythingeOE aughteOE anywisea1225 anywaysc1225 anywaya1400 aughtways1878 the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adverb] > in any degree or at all anythingeOE aughteOE oughtsOE anywisea1225 anyc1300 anywaya1400 at all1476 ever1548 anywhat1576 anyways1673 earthly1833 aughtways1878 a1225 (?c1175) Poema Morale (Lamb.) 269 in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 175 (MED) Alle þe þen anigewise doulen iquende [read iquemde]. c1429 Mirour Mans Saluacioune (1986) l. 4408 So hoege þat thay shalle neuer be any wise mensurid. c1480 (a1400) St. John Baptist l. 752 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 244 Ȝet entre he ne mycht onywise. 1570 in C. Innes Registrum Honoris de Morton (1853) I. 94 Guidis..that mycht onywyis have pertenit to his majestie. 1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 170 Phlebotomy is not any wise dangerous to those that are accustomed therewith. 1660 tr. I. Barrow Euclide's Elements ii. 41 If a right line..be divided any-wise into two parts. 1711 R. Cotes Let. 31 Mar. in I. Newton Corr. (1975) V. 107 [The] Horizontall motion is supposed so to be adapted to the motion of Descent that it may not anywise accelerate or retard it. 1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 187 There are even mechanicians in that kingdom [sc. France], who seriously doubt, whether the fire engine is anywise useful. 1783 9th Rep. Select Comm. Admin. Justice Bengal, Bahar, & Orissa 13 The only Subject Matter of Discussion, anywise important. 1825 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 225 He has successfully applied to this work the process of amputation,..but, if anywise objectionably, with too sparing a hand. 1856 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 5 Apr. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) I. iv. 472 Neither..is it anywise essential. 1922 C. Harris Eyes of Love vii. 140 She fixed her gaze upon him, not anywise reproachfully. 2. As sentence adverb: at any rate, in any case; = anyway adv. 2a, anyways adv. 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > at all events, at any rate alwayc1405 alwaysa1413 of all hands1548 when all is said and done?1570 after all1590 howevera1616 at all rates1667 at any rate1730 whether or no1784 anyhow1799 anyways1828 anyhows1830 anyway1832 any road1855 anywise1859 whatever1870 any old how1900 anyhoo1924 nohow1926 anyroads1929 1859 National Mag. 6 144/2 Anywise, I bain't a-going to let you run about the lanes with my poker in your hand. 1890 Wellsville (Allegany County, N.Y.) Democrat 3 Dec. 1/4 Anywise, he wants you to come and say nothin'. 1917 Convoy Sept. 20 Those two as just come in are foreigners, Finns or Swedes I fancy, anywise they aint Eskers. 1996 E. McGraw Moorchild xvi. 171 So why d'you want it, anywise? 2011 B. Watkins Scotl. not for Squeamish 177 ‘The French were Vikings’, says Wartooth. ‘Well, some of them, anywise.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.a1225 |
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