单词 | mustily |
释义 | mustilyadv.ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [adverb] distemperatelya1398 thraftlya1578 darkly1597 moodily1611 mustily1620 distemperedlya1639 sullenly1650 morosely1654 sullen1718 grumly1727 ill-humouredly1795 sulkily1796 sumphishly1850 biliously1865 glumpily1865 farouchely1931 frumpily1934 1620 T. Middleton & W. Rowley World Tost sig. B2 I meane, why so melancholy, thou lookst, mustily, me thinkes. Rich. Doe I so? and yet I dwell in sweeter ayre Then you. 1675 C. Cotton Burlesque upon Burlesque 102 Apollo, what's the matter, pray, You look so mustily to day. 2. In a musty manner; with a taint of mustiness or mould. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adverb] > fustily or mustily mustilya1640 sappily1724 fustily1874 a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger False One iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Rr2/1 These Cloaths smell mustily. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Mustily,..mouldily. 1889 G. B. Shaw in Star 13 Dec. 2/4 Sir Arthur's school..smells mustily of Dr Day and his sham science. 1973 N. Bawden Carrie's War ii. 25 The shop was dim and smelled mustily pleasant. 1987 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 Mar. ii. 23/1 Outside their native land, these English composers linger mustily in the warehouse of musical history. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1620 |
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