单词 | irishly |
释义 | Irishlyadv. In a manner characteristic or reminiscent of Ireland or the Irish. Also occasionally: in a seemingly contradictory fashion (cf. Irish adj. 5a). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Irish > [adverb] Irishly1571 Irish-likea1599 1571 Act 13 Eliz. in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 369 A verie fewe of them both by nation, education, and custome Irish Irishly affectioned. 1825 J. G. Lockhart in W. Scott Familiar Lett. (1894) II. 306 A fine lad..very Irishly gentlemanlike. 1873 Lakeside Monthly May 361/1 Bridget was raw, new to the country and the house, Irishly unteachable, and with a brogue that no Yankee pen could ever give an idea of. 1907 Daily Chron. 23 May 6/4 That solitary English engineer—who is, to speak Irishly, of course, a Scotchman—holds the Nile in fee. 1929 E. Bowen Joining Charles 64 Grizelda and Doris were best in the Irish Jig; so saucy, quite Irishly saucy. 1943 A. Bax Farewell my Youth 47 In part at least I rid myself of the sway of Wagner and Strauss and began to write Irishly. 2003 N. Rush Mortals xxxi. 466 He had sung piercingly, Irishly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1571 |
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