单词 | meaningly |
释义 | meaninglyadv. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [adverb] > in one's intention or purpose meaninglyc1449 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 444 Who euer biddith openli ouȝwhere eny thing to be doon for a cause..wole priueli and menyngli in the same bidding lijk thing be doon in othere placis..where is the same cause. b. Intentionally, purposely. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [adverb] willesOE with one's willc1175 willes and waldesc1225 adviselya1325 wittinglya1340 wilfullyc1374 witting1377 a-purposea1382 of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382 wilfulc1381 willingly1402 of intention1430 knowingly1435 advisedlyc1449 deliberately1471 purpensely1472 purposely1495 prepensedly1496 purpensedly1496 purposedlya1540 proposely?1550 studiously1567 on (also upon) purpose1569 on set purpose1569 of industry1575 affectedly1582 premeditatelya1595 deliberatively1598 consultively1599 intentionallya1673 affectionally1603 by (also out of, on, upon) design1603 intentionately1609 industriouslya1616 perpensedly1624 intendedlya1641 unspontaneously1640 industrously1643 consultedly1645 consideringly1647 designedly1652 premeditatedly1653 wittily1653 intendingly1678 premeditatinglya1679 self-consciously1685 propensely1694 thinkingly1705 accidentally on purpose1711 affectionatelya1716 prepensely?1725 systematically1744 advertently1745 systemically1761 reflectively1775 purposefullya1854 meaningly1867 aimfully1870 purposively1878 designingly1879 proposedly1887 1867 G. Meredith Vittoria III. xxxv. 47 I do not believe that he..ever had the intention to betray us, or has done so in reality, that is, meaningly, of his own will. 2. So as to convey meaning; with significance (of look, tone, gesture, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > high significance, expressiveness > [adverb] significatively?a1475 significantly1577 expressively?1623 speakingly1640 meaninglya1750 significant1861 pregnantly1878 meaningfully1890 a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) IV. 130 Man..Whose wreckless verse wou'd swim the storms of time, By force, not fury, meaningly, impell'd, To scorn the puny prostitutes of rhyme. 1862 Mrs. H. Wood Channings I. i. 9 He spoke meaningly, as if preparing them for a surprise. 1894 H. Nisbet Bush Girl's Romance 56 Fixing his eyes meaningly upon her. 1919 J. Conrad Arrow of Gold iv. iii. 168 She waited a little, then uttered meaningly, ‘Mr. Mills is a little bit uneasy about you.’ 1926 Amer. Mercury Apr. 502/2 I therefore simply wink meaningly, and bow myself politely out. 1982 ‘E. Peters’ Virgin in Ice v. 68 One of the young women had drawn off in that direction, and was eyeing him meaningly over her shoulder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1449 |
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