单词 | minionly |
释义 | † minionlyadv. Obsolete. In a manner characteristic or suggestive of a minion; delicately, elegantly. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adverb] > delicately or daintily gingerly?1520 minionly1545 daintily1561 daintly1563 minikinly1580 delicately1587 incony?1602 dainty1610 airily1823 1545 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes (new ed.) f. 50v At Athens he wolde..liue mynionly and elegantly [L. comiter & eleganter viveret]. 1570 Mariage Witte & Sci. ii. iii. sig. Bivv How minionly she tryps, how sadlye she can walke. 1584 B. R. tr. Herodotus Famous Hyst. ii. f. 86 Many [women] trauise & daunce minionly. 1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 171 A House..very stately and minionly decked and trimmed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.1545 |
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