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单词 metally
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metallyadj.

Brit. /ˈmɛtəli/, /ˈmɛtl̩i/, U.S. /ˈmɛdl̩i/
Forms: Middle English metalli, 1500s metallye, 1800s– metally; also English regional (northern) 1800s– mettally (in sense 2).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metal n., -ly suffix1.
Etymology: < metal n. + -ly suffix1. Compare metallic adj. and metalline adj.With sense 2 compare metal n. 9a. Eng. Dial. Dict. records the word in use in this sense from Northumberland and Durham.
1. Metallic, metalline. Now chiefly colloquial.
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the world > food and drink > drink > water > [adjective] > containing metal or iron
metallya1398
metalline1626
chalybeate1634
ferrugineous1671
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > [adjective]
metallya1398
metallic?a1425
metalline?c1425
metalish1530
metallical1587
metallar1612
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 76 Metalli watir [L. aqua metallina] folwiþ þe doynge & fynde of metall.
1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 61 Certaine metallye thynges as requyre to be destilled with a greate and continuall fyre.
1898 G. Meredith Empty Purse in Poems II. 202 I can hear a faint crow Of the cock..As down the new shafting of mines, A cry of the metally gnome.
1991 Daily Tel. 9 Jan. 6 The family drank tap water on the day it was contaminated. Mrs Hilliard..said it ‘tasted metally and was thick in texture’.
2. Mining. English regional (northern). Mixed with shale. Cf. metal n. 9a. Obsolete.
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1881 Borings & Sinkings (N. Eng. Inst. Mining & Mech. Engineers) 160 Grey and brown mettally stone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

metallyadv.

Forms: 1600s mettally.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metal n., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < metal n. + -ly suffix2. Compare earlier metally adj.
Obsolete. rare.
With a metallic sound or ring.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [adverb] > metallically
metally1661
1661 Sir A. Haslerig's Last Will & Test. 3 A Fift-Monarchy-Man I was cordially, whose Spirits now when I am dying sound in mine ears mettally stirring.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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