单词 | never, not a whit |
释义 | > as lemmasnever, not (etc.) a whit (†awhit, a-whit) a. With negative expressed or implied. never, not (etc.) a whit (†awhit, a-whit), any whit, one whit: not in the least, not at all. See also no whit adv. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > none or not any one of noneeOE never, not (etc.) a whit (awhit, a-whit)1523 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > not at all never-a-dealc1250 no dealc1250 not a dealc1250 no grue13.. not a (one) grue13.. for no (kin) meedc1330 in (also by and without preposition) no mannerc1330 nothing like?a1425 by no (manner of) means (also mean)c1440 at no handa1500 never, not (etc.) a whit (awhit, a-whit)1523 not a quincha1566 by leisure1590 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccxliv. f. ccixv/2 He loued hym nat one whyt the better [Fr. ne len ayma pas mieulx]. 1558 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes Alexis of Piemount (1568) 7 Leaue the water vpon the fournesse, without mouing it any whit. 1564 Briefe Exam. ****iij You helpe your selues neuer awhyt. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. ii. 51 Nor is the freedom of the wil of God any whit abated..by meanes of this. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. v. 374 Falst. Art thou not horribly afraid?..Prin. Not a whit. 1607 ‘W. S.’ Puritaine i. 1 Shee cryed nere a whitte at all. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 871 It never troubles you awhit! 1727 T. Fuller Introductio ad Prudentiam II. 234 Their own Heart will tell them they have been not a Whit better than highway Rogues. 1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere III. ii. ix Not a whit behind them in cheerfulness and vivacity. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals iv. iii You don't seem one whit the happier at this. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 175 He..is not a whit the better Christian for being a bad patriot. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets v. 135 Grief will profit us no whit. 1893 M. Pemberton Iron Pirate ii The novelty..did not surprise me one whit. 1909 H. James Golden Bowl (1985) Pref. 20 He..makes us see the things that may most interest us..and yet after all never a whit to the prejudice of his being just as consistently a foredoomed, entangled, embarrassed agent. 1947 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 1 June 28/2 The Monster, not a whit discouraged by being referred to as..‘Frankenstein,’..was set to mow down a Puritanian populace. 2012 Wall St. Jrnl. 24 July a15/5 I don't care a whit whether the Aurora killer was a loner. < as lemmas |
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