单词 | lineally |
释义 | lineallyadv. 1. In the direct line of descent; by lineal descent. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [adverb] > in direct line by linec1374 evenly?c1400 lineally1426 even1489 evenliklya1500 in a diametera1681 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 1121 Folwyng doun of a kynrede Lynealy, fro gre to gre. 1466 King Edward IV in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 549 Gentlemen discended lineally of worshipfull blood. 1534 T. More Treat. Passion in Wks. 1293/2 Moyses gaue theym warning of Christ, that he should be a verye man, comming liniallye of one of theyr owne tribes. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ix. sig. Ll6v From whose race of old She heard, that she was lineally extract. 1631 T. Heywood Londons Ius Honorarium in Wks. (1874) IV. 277 Shee was lineally descended from the Roman Emperours. 1779 F. Hervey et al. Naval Hist. Great Brit. II. iii. 138 From Sir Thomas Monson..are lineally descended the two noble families of Monson and Sondes. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws (ed. 2) iii. 421 None but those who are lineally descended from him can derive a title to it by descent. 2. In a line; in a direct line. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adverb] > straight or due > straight or in a straight line straightly1395 line-rightc1400 evenlonga1475 fair1490 straight1535 lineally1536 point-blank1607 straightwards1644 straightish1683 rectilinearly1729 straightways1772 linearly1881 1536 in J. Anderson Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 108 Fra the Blakwell and craig lynallie north. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 6/2 Commonlye, shotten woundes doe not enter right, or liniallye into the bodye, but turninge. 1607 in Stonehouse Axholme (1839) 404 The Lord may at his pleasure drive, as is accustomed, from Dirkness Crook lineally to Callendike. 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God iii. xv. 127 The shade of the earth falling from ye suns place lineally vpon the moone. 1827 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 169/2 Ten feet lineally from east to west. 1854 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 i. 43 The sources of the Nene are two springs..about 70 miles lineally distant from its mouth. 3. In various occasional uses: ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [adverb] > drawn in specific manner or medium lineally1607 in crayon1663 in outline1815 by free-hand1860 in pastel1866 free-hand1880 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 338 Amazed at the admirable frame of Giants, which were lineally deciphered therein. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty ix. 50 We may..lineally account for the ugliness of the toad, the hog, the bear and the spider, which are totally void of this waving-line. b. With regard to the lines or outline of anything. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > [adverb] > with regard to outline lineally1647 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 50 These Essentialls..must..be..lineally sanctioned by Supreame Councels. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty xvii. 238 If stage-action..was to be studied lineally, it might [etc.]. 1879 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 26 June The old structure [Blackfriars bridge] designed by Mylne..was not, lineally, unhandsome. c. Line for line. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [adverb] > line for line lineally1780 1780 E. Parkman Diary 243 The Congregation sung without reading lineally. 1887 C. Bowen in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse Pref. 7 Virgil ought to be translated more or less lineally, as well as literally. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1426 |
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