| 单词 | in some sort |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin some sort c. in some sort, in a certain undefined or unknown way; to some extent or degree. Frequently in parenthetic use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > to some (small) extent in (also by, with) measurec1225 in mannerc1425 somewhat1542 in some sort1556 in some (also a) measure1600 by somewhat1653 something of a(n)1711 (a) sort of, o', a, sorter1790 1556 tr. J. de Flores Histoire de Aurelio & Isabelle sig. H8 The ladies leaste experimentede and wittey be in some sorte the chasteste. 1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke Ded. sig. A2 To notifie vnto your selfe in some sort the entire loue..which I beare vnto you. 1615 W. Lawson Country Housewifes Garden (1626) 7 The Sunne (in some sort) is the life of the world. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme Pref. For it is the same Numen in us that moves all things in some sort or other. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 52. ⁋3 Our personal Deformities in some sort by you recorded to all Posterity. 1780 Mirror No. 97 Having seen Paris,..she thinks that she is authorised, and, in some sort, obliged to speak French. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. vi. 47 She was named after, or in some sort related to, the Abbey at Westminster. 1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 17 The Christian hierarchy..in some sort succeeded to the Druids and the Brehons. < as lemmas |
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