| 单词 | i don't rightly know |
| 释义 | > as lemmasI don't rightly know a. Chiefly British regional. Usually in negative constructions: fully, completely; absolutely, positively. Esp. in I don't rightly know. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > expressions of doubt [phrase] don't (you) be too (also so) sure1731 I don't rightly know1741 not necessarily1886 where do we go from here?1917 your guess is as good as mine1939 1741 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman May ii. 27 If Wheat looks yellowish in [May], and continues so throughout the whole, it will never rightly recover that Summer. 1758 S. Smythies Brothers I. ii. vii. 231 ‘Who is she?’ cried the Baronet.—‘Nay, Sir, I don't rightly know.’ 1823 J. Galt Entail II. xiii. 120 He certainly fell intil a sore melancholic at that time; and it's my conceit he has ne'er rightly got the better o't. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. iii. 48 I don't rightly know, sir. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 83 He got rightly frightened. 1890 ‘A. Clare’ For Love of Lass I. 49 Ah canna rightlys mak' oot. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. iv. 96 They wouldn't let me see her except where the light was so poor that I couldn't rightly swear it was her. 1954 R. P. Bissell High Water viii. 93 I spose so, but I don't rightly know. 1993 F. Collymore Some People are meant to live Alone 50 And then one day she left him..or he left her..I'm not rightly sure which. 2003 F. Shaw Sweetest Thing 61 There was a smell coming off the water below I couldn't rightly place and didn't rightly want to. < as lemmas |
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