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单词 mostlings
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mostlingsadv.

Brit. /ˈməʊstlɪŋz/, U.S. /ˈmoʊs(t)lɪŋz/, Scottish English /ˈmostlɪŋz/, /ˈmostlɪnz/
Forms: see most adj. and -lings suffix; also 1800s– moästlins, 1900s– mastlings, 1900s– mastlins, 1900s– moästlings.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: most adj., -lings suffix.
Etymology: < most adj. + -lings suffix.
Scottish and English regional (northern).
1. Mostly, for the most part, usually.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > for or in the most part
mosteOE
almostOE
mostwhata1200
generally1340
chiefly138.
mostc1390
chiefa1556
mostly1563
substantially1638
prevalently1709
feckly1768
mostlings1808
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Maistlins, mostly.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 113 It's mostlings rainy now-a-days, I think.
1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh I. 35 That greasy green coat ye mostlins wears.
1876 J. J. Wray Nestleton Magna 41 Ah's meeastlin's 'appy.
1889 Ld. Tennyson Demeter & other Poems 28 But Dicky, the Ghoäst moästlins was nobbut a rat or a mouse.
1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. Maistlins, for the most part.
2019 J. D. McClure in Lallans 95 123 Ower mony year, Jock Duncan screivit doun in thair ain wirds the thochts an mynins o cheils at hed been tae Hell an back: whiles English wirds but maistlins fouthie Buchan Doric.
2. Scottish (now chiefly Shetland and Orkney). Nearly, almost.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adverb] > nearly (of amount)
well-nigheOE
nighOE
well-nearc1175
almostc1261
nighwhatc1300
nara1400
neara1400
anighsta1425
muchwhata1513
wellmost1548
most1629
nighly1694
nearly1769
partly1781
mostly1805
most1808
mostlings1816
about1827
nearabouts1834
fairly1840
welly1859
approaching1951
1816 J. Aikman Poems 45 Wha never think their day's begun Till yours an' mine is maistlins run.
1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 153 Sir Tullidaff..Was maistlins smother't up, and chokit, Wi heaps that owr him flew and flockit.
1890 H. Muir Rutherglen & Suburbs 55 I was maistlin's forgettin' to tell ye.
1930 Shetland Almanac 1 viii. 317 Maistleens every peeire schield 'at we met..ast fir a schowe ir a match.
1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. at Maistlins Da barrel was maistlins empty aless for a coarn o mell ida boddom.
1994 C. De Luca Voes & Sounds 2 Tae men dat fished da Foula shaalds, a voe An hooses strung alang da banks Wis maistlins hame.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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