单词 | maturely |
释义 | maturelyadv. 1. With full deliberation; after mature consideration. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adverb] > prudently > with due deliberation advisinglyc1443 maturely1470 deliberately1471 advisedly1483 digestlya1522 considerately1556 deliberatively1598 suspensively1617 suspensely1619 consideringly1647 consideratively1684 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [adverb] > maturely ripely1425 ripea1632 maturelya1639 1470 in J. Fullarton Rec. Burgh Prestwick (1834) 2 The forsaid balȝeis maturli avisit be thar vniuersale counsell. c1533 King Henry VIII Let. 4 May in Camden Misc. (1992) XXXI. 44 Diligently peruseinge your said lettres and maturely digesting the contentes of the same. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xix. 125 I exort the..to perpend maturly thir vordis. 1595 W. Allen et al. Conf. Next Succession Crowne of Ingland ii. iv. 85 A sentence..so maturely giuen, could not be reuoked. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. sig. ⁋11 To haue the translations of the Bible maturely considered of. a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) ii. 89 They might more maturely advise what course was fittest to be taken. a1704 T. Brown Let. Oxf. Taylor in Wks. (1711) IV. 253 We the under-written.., having maturely considere'd the Purport of your Charge [etc.]. 1735 G. Berkeley Def. Free-thinking in Math. §43 in Wks. (1871) III. 327 I had long and maturely considered the principles of the modern analysis. 1785 F. Pilon Fair Amer. iii. 62 When I consider the matter more maturely, I am half inclined to think he did not know you. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. x. 519 Our Crown-Prince, somewhat of a judge in after years, is maturely of opinion, That the French Lines were by no means inexpugnable. 1881 A. Trollope Ayala's Angel III. xlvii. 43 As he thought of it more maturely he considered that his arrival at Stalham would be very painful to himself as well as to others. 1993 T. Holt Overtime (BNC) 152 Guy considered this for a moment; then, having reflected maturely on what Isoud had said..scrabbled around for some more coal. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > [adverb] in timea1325 in good timec1325 in seasonc1330 tidefullya1340 tidily1340 betimesc1380 betimec1385 opportunelyc1425 at one's leisure1481 maturely1531 seasonably1532 timeously1538 timefully1614 tempestively1628 patly1632 opportune1667 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. xxii. sig. Livv Consulte before thou enterprise any thyng; & after thou hast taken counsail, it is expedient to do it maturely. 1655 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 2) iii. xv. 266 They..were never able..maturely to discover the approaching dangers. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. iii. 17 We give him thanks for..receiving us more maturely [than the long-lived antediluvians] into those Everlasting Habitations above. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. ii. 227 But let us frame Effectual means maturely to suppress Their violent deeds. 3. a. With full natural development or growth; in a manner indicative of maturity. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > adult > [adverb] out of one's shell1551 maturely1630 adultly?1742 the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adverb] > in a state of readiness > maturely ripely1449 maturely1630 1630 J. Taylor Wks. sig. Aa3v In conclusion many things impurely, Die in the birth, and neuer end maturely. 1710 tr. C. Quillet Callipædia iii. 32 When first the Cherry-Tree maturely blows. 1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iii. §47. 128 The formation of a maturely Christian mind. 1886 C. F. Woolson East Angels ix. 176 But Garda Thorne isn't immature, she talks as maturely as I do. 1965 M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate iv. 108 The rest were Arabs and Jews, most of whom were maturely sixteen years of age and upward. 1989 A. Storr Freud iii. 20 Even in the most maturely developed characters, traces of earlier stages of libidinal development can always be detected. b. Physical Geography. In a manner characteristic of the mature stage of an erosion cycle. Cf. mature adj. 8. ΚΠ 1890 W. M. Davis in National Geographic Mag. 2 90 Whatever its [sc. the Musconetcong River's]origin, it has lost every initial feature that was discordant with the deep structures that it discovered beneath the initial surface: it is maturely adjusted to its environment. 1913 Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 24 201 The broad valley, or graben, of the middle Rhine is inclosed by maturely dissected scarps. 1991 C. J. Brown & R. O. Ewers in E. H. Kastning & K. M. Kastning Proc. Appalachian Karst Symp. 205 (title) Impacts of barnyard wastes on groundwater nitrate-N concentrations in a maturely karsted carbonate aquifer of south-central Kentucky. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1470 |
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