单词 | honorifically |
释义 | honorificallyadv. In an honorific manner; out of honour or respect; as a mark of honour. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adverb] worshiplyc1330 honourablyc1390 obeisantlyc1400 fairlyc1480 with cap and courtship1565 with cap and curtsey1565 with cap and knee1565 respectfullya1586 respectively1588 regardfully1600 honorificallya1639 unscornfully1844 deferentiallya1846 unmockingly1872 a1639 J. Stoughton Forme Wholsome Words (1640) i. 17 Though he do it [sc. suffers] never so honorifically, for the publike good..I say it is no new thing, to have many turn their backs. 1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum iii. iii. 626 Abraham was honorifically entituled, The friend of God. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 344 A very brave people, honorifically, or nic-named by the Moors, The Sons of Lions. c1878 S. Birch Anc. Hist. from Monuments (S.P.C.K.) Introd. 20 Queens were honourifically styled wives or handmaids of the God Amen. 1898 Monist 8 628 The cannibal practice of honorifically eating one's dead relations. 1916 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 36 376 Babylonian kings..were honorifically recognized by memorials and other signs of regard. 1995 Lang. in Society 24 519 The 3rd person pronoun is honorifically used in referring to a superior. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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