单词 | inchoately |
释义 | inchoatelyadv. In an inchoate manner or degree; incipiently. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > [adverb] > in relation to or manner of beginning inchoately1627 inchoatively1649 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > beginning > [adverb] > in early stages inchoately1627 inchoatively1649 embryonately1665 rudimentarily1837 incipiently1856 nascently1856 embryonically1899 1627 W. Sclater Briefe Expos. 2 Thess. (1629) 52 Such as..are purged, though but inchoately, from all filthinesse of flesh and Spirit. 1675 O. Walker Paraphr. Epist. St. Paul 18 Here inchoately..hereafter absolutely. 1837 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) II. 235 Confirmation seals in their fulness..those sanctifying gifts..which are given inchoately, in Baptism. Draft additions 1993 b. [See inchoate adj. Additions 2.] In a confused or disordered manner; incoherently. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adverb] unfaira1400–50 unorderly1488 throughothera1522 troublesomely1561 disorderedly1574 disorderlya1577 tumultuarily1590 troubledly1599 incomposedly1615 throughothers1637 hirdy-girdy1681 à la débandade1779 disordinately1830 inchoately1964 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [adverb] > incoherently incoherently1651 inchoately1964 1964 E. Bowen Little Girls iii. i. 158 These shelves were more, and more inchoately, crowded than had been those on the showroom side of the arch. 1971 Nature 8 Jan. 82/1 The megaphone was handed over to several young women members of SESPA who inchoately harangued the dwindling audience. 1981 Fortune 13 July 151/1 [The book] has..brilliantly articulated what most people feel inchoately about government's efforts to improve on the system. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1627 |
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