单词 | needily |
释义 | needilyadv. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > [adverb] needeOE of (also for, on) needeOE needseOE needlingc1225 needs cost?a1300 needlingsc1300 needlya1350 of necessityc1390 needfullya1398 necessarily?a1400 needgatesa1400 needingsa1400 needwaysa1400 needslyc1425 perforcec1425 needilyc1475 needwayc1480 of (or on) force?1507 need-forcea1525 requisitely1565 of very force1587 necessitously1637 necessitively1647 par force1819 imperatively1833 necessitatedly1864 of perforce1897 c1475 tr. Henri de Mondeville Surgery (Wellcome) f. 161 (MED) Summe woundis ben in þe commissuris of þe brayn panne or nyȝ honde, and summe ben fer fro hem in þe whiche a man muste nediliche worche after þe diuersite of hem. 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. cxx. 324 Which both the shortnesse of lyfe, and swyftnesse of tyme,..needily constrayneth to be so. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 506/2 It followeth, that needilie great inconuenience must fall to that people, that a child is ruler and gouernour of. 2. In a needy fashion. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [adverb] poorlyc1330 soberlya1387 alowc1400 beggarlyc1400 penuriously1616 needily1642 necessitously1776 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 42 If I should make my selfe so poore, as to sollicite needily any such kinde of rich hopes as this Fortuneteller dreams of. 1869 H. Greeley Recoll. Busy Life 445 Going needily into the market to barter brains for bread. 1989 S. Tapscott Another Body ii. 14 To see his fingers..coiled around something of value to him: some sweet plump grub he has caught, something one must look for needily to find. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1475 |
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