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单词 jeezly
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jeezlyadj.adv.

Brit. /ˈdʒiːzli/, U.S. /ˈdʒizli/, Canadian English /ˈdʒiːzli/
Forms: 1900s– jeasely, 1900s– jeasley, 1900s– jeasly, 1900s– jeesly, 1900s– jeezely, 1900s– jeezly.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Jeez int., -ly suffix1.
Etymology: < Jeez int. + -ly suffix1.Compare slightly earlier jesusly in similar use: 1885 C. F. Lummis Let. 5 Jan. in Lett. from Southwest (1989) 228 His only conversation was..of ‘what a jesusly time’ he had killing off enough Navajos.
U.S. regional (chiefly Maine) and Canadian colloquial.
A. adj.
As an intensifier: damned, darned.
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the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [adjective] > euphemisms for stronger oaths
adjective1851
something1859
adjectived1869
qualified1886
epitheted1896
adj.1903
jiggering1903
adjectival1907
jeezly1908
blerry1920
bluggy1921
somethinged1922
socking1941
bleeping1957
naffing1959
1908 Advocate (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin) 3 Dec. ‘There's fish down there, skipper!’ he yells... ‘It's a jeesly raft, too,’ he adds.
1957 J. Marshall Lovers & Strangers 84 Great jumping everlasting God. I like trees and space as well as the next fellow. But this is a jeezly forest.
2015 Times Colonist (Victoria, British Columbia) (Nexis) 28 July 3 Being nothing if not petty and parochial, I'd like to argue that if the East Coast can get some giant jeezly statue in a national park, then we on the West Coast should get the same.
B. adv.
As an intensifier: very, extremely; damnably.
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1968 ‘R. Hooker’ MASH xv. 196 Never again..will we ever be as close with anyone as we were in that goddamned tent for the past year... I'm glad it happened, and I'm some jeezly glad it's over.
1977 Gazette-Reporter (Rivers, Manitoba) 7 Apr. 7/1 You emit something between a groan and a squeal of pure pain as you clamber down from that jeesly high bed.
2003 National Post (Canada) 24 Mar. al6/6 Holy whistlin', that was a jeezly good blow.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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