单词 | at the hardest |
释义 | > as lemmasat the hardest ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > in or to the greatest degree never solOE with (also mid) the mostc1275 for the masteryc1325 to the bestc1390 to the uttermostc1400 at the hardest1429 to the utmostc1450 to the skies (also sky)1559 at float1594 all to nothing1606 to the height1609 to the proofa1625 to the last degree1639 to the welkin?1746 (the) worst kind1839 for all it's worth1864 as —— as they make them?a1880 in the highest1897 to the nth (degree, power)1897 up to eleven1987 1429–30 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §18. m. 13 If þe pleine deliveraunce of þe seide Barbazan, myght pleinly quite out of prison þe seide lord Talbot, and seignur Wauter Hungreford þe yonger, or elles atte þe hardest þe seide Lord Talbot. ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 81 (MED) Atte the hardest [Fr. au moins], for a while, thou wilt not goo ferre. 1548 F. Bryan tr. A. de Guevara Dispraise Life Courtier iv. sig. e.i He may be accompanied in the village with wise and sage frendes, or at the hardest with good bokes. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. v. f. 78/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I S. Dauides hath Pembrooke and Caermardine shyres, whose liuerie or first fruites to the Sie of Rome was 1500. Ducates at the hardest. < as lemmas |
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