单词 | in good faith |
释义 | > as lemmasin good faith Phrases in good faith. a. As an exclamatory phrase: = sense B. Cf. in faith at faith n. and int. Phrases 1a(b). Now rare. [Compare Middle French de bonne foy (late 14th cent. or earlier), en bonne foy (1477; Anglo-Norman en bone fei is apparently not recorded as interjection).] ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > reality or real existence or actuality > [adverb] in truthc1330 in faitha1375 in good faitha1393 in casea1398 in effectc1405 indeed1412 effectually1420 actually?a1425 really?a1425 of a truth1494 bottom1531 for a truth?1532 in fact1592 authentically1593 in esse1597 de facto1602 essentially1604 in nature1605 in point of fact1628 positively1649 in point of event1650 effectively1652 honestly1675 entally1691 reely1792 objectively1796 fairlyc1804 in actual fact1824 factually1852 naturally1858 transactionally1866 'smatter of fact1922 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed soothlyc825 forsoothc888 wiselyc888 sooth to sayOE i-wislichec1000 to (‥) soothOE iwis?c1160 certesa1250 without missa1275 i-witterlic1275 trulyc1275 aplight1297 certc1300 in (good) fayc1300 verily1303 certain1330 in truthc1330 to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330 certainlya1375 faithlya1375 in faitha1375 surelya1375 in sooth1390 in trothc1390 in good faitha1393 to witc1400 faithfullyc1405 soothly to sayc1405 all righta1413 sad?a1425 in certc1440 wella1470 truec1480 to say (the) truth1484 of a truth1494 of (a) trotha1500 for a truth?1532 in (of) verity1533 of verityc1550 really1561 for, in, or into very?1565 indeed1583 really and truly1600 indeed and indeed1673 right enough1761 deed1816 just1838 of a verity1850 sho1893 though1905 verdad1928 sholy1929 ja-nee1937 only1975 deffo1996 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 712 In good feith, to telle soth, I trowe,..Sche wolde noght hire yhe swerve. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 30 For in good feith, thy visage is ful pale. 1445 A. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 27 In good feyth I dare wel seyne it was yowre fadris laste wille to have do ryȝht wel to that plase. c1450 (a1400) Chevalere Assigne l. 130 in W. H. French & C. B. Hale Middle Eng. Metrical Romances (1930) 864 She..askede hym, in good feyth, what fell of þe chyldren. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 47/1 In good faith..I woulde not bee he that [etc.]. 1580 G. Harvey in E. Spenser & G. Harvey Three Proper & Wittie Lett. 41 In good faith I had once againe nigh forgotten your Faerie Queene. 1649 Mercurius Brittanicus No. 4 27 In good faith I have a dog-slash with a bell at the end of it, I will whip thee into better manners. 1756 M. Calderwood Lett. & Jrnls. (1884) iv. 103 ‘In good faith,’ says John..‘the Dutch has some other tow in their rock.’ 1851 tr. A. Dumas Six Years Later xxxiii. 164/1 ‘Do you, perchance, consider me unjust toward the revolution? Now, tell me that?’ ‘In good faith, yes.’ 1883 G. Macdonald in L. C. French Man. Elocution 98 What a marvel of power am I! With my breath, In good faith, I blew her to death! b. In the sincere belief that what one is doing is right or correct; with honesty or sincerity of intention. ΚΠ 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xxiv. f. xxviiv He sawe well the Erle spake in good faithe. 1598 H. W. tr. True Coppie Admon. Subdued Provinces sig. C The same shal also in good faith be effectually without any prolongation, or difficultie for what cause soeuer executed vnto those who shalbe thereunto appoynted. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vii. 473/1 The same in good faith keepe, and without mal-Engyn. 1685 R. Brady Compl. Hist. Eng. 611 The King promised in good Faith, and without Cavil, to observe the great Charter. 1717 B. Kennett tr. J. Barbeyrac in tr. S. von Pufendorf Law of Nature & Nations (ed. 3) iii. vi. 62 A Contract is neither null by Right, nor subject to be made void.., when it is transacted by a Contract of good Faith, and has no other Source than an Action done in good Faith. 1740 W. Douglass Disc. Currencies Brit. Plantations in Amer. 16 Their Bills became of less Value than those of New-York; but being yearly in good Faith, sunk, they became equal. 1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 15 139 It is admitted that the magistrates..acted in good faith. 1922 J. F. Donnelly Treat. Law Public Contracts xxiii. 257 Its action in annulling will be presumed to be in good faith. 2007 Church Times 11 May 9/3 A total lack of moral integrity in deliberately failing to honour promises entered into in good faith. < as lemmas |
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