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单词 imminently
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imminentlyadv.

/ˈɪmɪnəntli/
Forms: (Also 1500s–1600s eminently: see eminently adv. 5.)
Etymology: < imminent adj. + -ly suffix2.
In an imminent manner; impendingly; threateningly.
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the world > time > relative time > different time > [adverb] > imminently or in the near future
ratheeOE
rathelyeOE
soonc900
shortlya1050
newenc1175
newlya1225
nunonc1225
newenlyc1275
fast byc1300
tomorrowa1382
brieflyc1460
anonc1475
soonlyc1475
of newa1500
suddenlya1500
by and by1526
soon1545
imminently1548
short1556
erelong1577
eminently1646
bimeby1722
directly1851
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxix The euill fate and destenie of her husbande, whiche eminently [1568 Grafton 706 iminentlye] before her iyes, she sawe to approche.
1646 H. Lawrence Of Communion & Warre with Angels Ep. Ded. sig. *v This warre..to which my leisure more eminently expos'd me.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. i. 114 Their ruine..I see most eminently..at hand.
1786 E. Burke Articles of Charge against W. Hastings in Wks. (1842) II. 154 [He] did..shake the whole foundation of British authority, and imminently endanger the existence of the British nation in India.
1898 Daily News 10 Sept. 5/3 The left attack..was, I think, never imminently dangerous.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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