请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 indigently
释义

indigentlyadv.

Brit. /ˈɪndɪdʒ(ə)ntli/, U.S. /ˈɪndədʒən(t)li/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: indigent adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < indigent adj. + -ly suffix2.
1. Apparently: in a deficient or incomplete manner; imperfectly. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated usage.Quot. 1658 might alternatively be interpreted as showing a typographical error for indigestly adv.
ΚΠ
1658 tr. M. C. de La Chambre Disc. Knowledg of Beasts 299 But it is not sufficient thus crudely and indigently [Fr. cruëment & sans les auoir digerées] to advance things. He should prove [etc.].
2. In a state of (extreme) poverty or need; with little or no means of support.
ΚΠ
1696 Proposal for Fund for Deficiency Clipt Money (single sheet) As it is most fit that all who are any way able to Pay, should bear a Suitable proportion towards the Redress of so General a Calamity; so on the contrary, it is as necessary, That the Miserable and Indigently Poor should be Exempt.
1731 Misc. Poems Several Hands 159 Rather obscurely indigently Good, Than scandalously, basely, meanly Great.
1861 N. Wales Chron. 5 Jan. 3/1 Himself and his wife indigently subsisted on this wretched allowance for 5 years.
1927 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Apr. 292/2 People who live indigently in the suburbs.
2008 Guardian 27 Sept. (Review section) 15 He didn't have to toil indigently through creative writing MFAs while his old mates drew starting salaries of a hundred grand plus bonus at Goldman Sachs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).

> as lemmas

ˈindigently
ˈindigently adv. in an indigent or destitute manner (Webster, 1856).
extracted from indigentadj.n.
<
adv.1658
as lemmas
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/1/9 8:58:19