单词 | longly |
释义 | longlyadv. Now frequently considered nonstandard except in scientific uses of sense 3. 1. For a long time; = long adv.1 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adverb] > for a long time longeOE longOE longlyOE longsomelyOE yorec1275 lastingly1372 longsa1450 for longa1530 in length1566 with the longest1636 stayingly1648 eternally1664 sometime1801 chronically1854 forever1861 somewhile1864 for the duration1916 long-term1947 secularly1971 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 2nd Ser. (Cambr. Gg.3.28) xxxiv. 293 Sum mæden he gehælde mid gehalgodum ele, þæt þe langlice læg on legerbedde seoc. OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 322 Þa arleasan..læddon þone geleaffullan cyning to anum eorðfæstum treowe, and tigdon hine þærto.., and hine eft swuncgon langlice mid swipum. a1400 Ancrene Riwle (Pepys) (1976) 117 He stode and loked longelich aboute hym. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) 3188 Þe mast veniel syns sal þar bryn langly, Als wodde brinnes, þat es sadde and hevy. c1460 Ipomedon (Longleat) (1889) 327 (MED) Whan they departed, eithre loked on othre so longly, that they left not whilles oon might see that othre. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) v. vii. sig. ss.iiiv A man may desyre to lyue longely for to amende his lyf. ?1517 Kalender of Shepeherdes (new ed.) sig. Fvijv Fader & moder thou shalte honour, and shalle lyue longely. 1581 J. Dee 8 Mar. in Private Diary (1842) 11 Somewhat like the shrich of an owle, but more longly drawn. 1605 Sir E. Watson in Buccleuch MSS (Hist. MSS Comm.) (1899) I. 238 I pray you..deliver it to..the Earl of Exceter with speed, for he longely looketh for it. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) i. i. 163 Master, you look'd so longly on the maide, Perhaps you mark'd not what's the pith of all. View more context for this quotation 1795 R. Southey in R. Lovell & R. Southey Poems 79 And fill with many a wile the longly-lingering hour. 1825 Ladies' Monthly Museum July 58 He..Tastes the delight of longly sought repose. 1863 Harper's Mag. June 108/1 They are quite right in laughing at him longly and loudly. 1939 J. Joyce Finnegans Wake 109 Has any usual sort..ever looked sufficiently longly at a quite everydaylooking stamped addressed envelope? 2005 P. H. Young Sandbox World 136 My eyelids are slowly drooping with heaviness, That rest so longly needed, now to begin. 2. With reference to speech or writing: at considerable length; using many words; elaborately, in detail. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > at length longlyOE large1395 largelya1398 at large1450 at the lengthc1500 at long1565 in huge1608 at full, great, some, etc. length1713 lengthily1787 prolongedly1832 OE Ælfric Lives of Saints (Julius) (1900) II. 414 He tæhte þa langlice geleafan þam folce, and hu hi leahtres forbugon and bysmorlice dæda. c1175 ( Ælfric Homily: St. Vincent's Day (Bodl. 343) in S. Irvine Old Eng. Homilies (1993) 112 Ðis godspel is nu isæd sceortlice on Englisc, ac we wyllæð openian eow þæt gastlic andȝit, na swa ðeah to langlice, þæt hit eow ne laðiȝe. 12 Concl. Lollards (Trin. Hall Cambr.) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1907) 22 304 Þou þese materis ben here schortly knit, þei ben in a nother book longli declarid. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 222 (MED) To say longly or schorte, alle armes bare. a1450 R. Spaldyng Katereyn in Anglia (1907) 30 541 No lenger..wold þei lowte, bot longly lagowrid him with al his gret lede. 1553 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 140 Lyk as the said artikill mair langlie proportis. 1664 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Wks. lii. 393 Many as have commented on the ninth Chapter of Almanzor, longly and largly. 1770 A. Brice Mobiad vi. 174 O—o–o– Y–e–s!—longly drawl'd;—as Use decrees. 1826 W. E. Gladstone Diary 17 June (1968) I. 55 Spoke very longly & tediously against it. 1850 J. W. Carlyle Let. 23 Aug. in Lett. & Mem. (1883) II. 121 Don't mind length, at least only write longly about yourself. 1900 Standard 24 July 1/2 I cannot write to you very longly here. 1953 S. Beckett Watt i. 63 To go into this matter as longly and as deeply and as fully as I should like..is unfortunately out of the question. 2013 MX (Melbourne) (Nexis) 30 Oct. 18 Longly worded: I sent a 2000-word complaint to the train company regarding overly expensive tickets, [etc.]. 3. With reference to spatial extent: to a considerable or specified length.Chiefly in scientific contexts, esp. Botany. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adverb] > to a considerable length longOE longly1662 1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike x. 54 The bottom of the Sea, hath the Sand Quellem longly and largely laying open [L. Quod maris fundus, longè lateque arenam quellem, patulam habeat]. 1754 S. Mihles tr. A. von Haller Physiol. I. iii. 29 Of these membranes there are several common to the arteries; which are elastic tubes or canals, forming parts of longly extended cones [L. canales sunt longe conici]. 1838 J. C. Loudon Arboretum II. xlii. 746 Sepals ovate, longly acuminate, glabrous. 1857 J. B. Jukes Student's Man. Geol. vii. 214 If the curves have longly-extended axes..we speak of them as ‘anticlinal’ and ‘synclinal’ curves. 1871 M. C. Cooke Handbk. Brit. Fungi II. 761 Asci clavate, obtuse, longly pedicellate. 1920 E. Saltus Imperial Orgy iii. 65 All men were longly robed and all were bearded. 1932 Jrnl. Ecol. 20 302 In some forms growing in dry places the leaves are more longly lanceolate. 2005 Bryologist 108 234/1 Leaves narrowly linear, longly apiculate, margins narrowly recurved. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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