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单词 movably
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movablyadv.

Brit. /ˈmuːvəbli/, U.S. /ˈmuvəbli/
Forms: 1500s moueably, 1600s 1800s– moveably, 1800s– movably.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: movable adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < movable adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare earlier unmovably adv.It is uncertain whether the following shows an earlier example of the same word:a1450 ( tr. Vegetius De Re Militari (Douce) f. 102 Þis gynne haþ wiþ-ynne hym a greet beem meuabeleche [v.r. mevable] I-hanged by ropes; þe whiche beem may..be drawe abakward and let fle wiþ his owne peys forward to þe walle, and so..schake þe walle.
In a movable manner; so as to be movable.
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the world > movement > [adverb] > in a movable manner
movably1565
1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Mobiliter, moueably: vnconstantly.
1581 R. Vaux tr. A. Hyperius Two Common Places 18 Iob. 31. it is saied, The Mone moueably going.
1678 R. Cudworth tr. Plotinus in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 582 All things Animally; that it, Self-moveably, Actively and Productively.
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. i. §2. 20 His [sc. the Armadillo's] Back-piece..is composed of several Plates, in number eighteen, moveably joyned together by as many intermediate Skins.
1835 R. Owen in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 281/1 The true ribs are not joined to the sternum by elastic cartilages, but by straight osseous portions, called sternal ribs, which are moveably connected at both their extremities.
1890 J. Cagney tr. R. von Jaksch Clin. Diagnosis x. 312 An Abbe's or other condenser adjusted movably to the microscope-stand is needed.
1939 T. L. Green Pract. Animal Biol. i. 63 The labrum, moveably jointed to the lower edge of the clypeus.
1982 Ann. Rev. Ecol. & Systematics (1982) 13 90 Braincase movably articulating with palate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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