单词 | nominally |
释义 | nominallyadv.ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [adverb] by nameOE namely1551 nuncupatively1591 namedlya1641 nominally1641 namingly1847 nominately1880 1641 T. Jordan Pictures of Passions, Fancies, & Affections sig. C5 He knows the Winds, wth all their various Courses, Nominally, as Plow-men do their Horses. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 973 It consisted with the Honour of the Commonwealth nominally to include the House of Nassau, which had so well deserved of Liberty. 1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough I. 28 I shall only recount one memorable Story..without applying it nominally to the Persons. 1783 W. F. Martyn Geogr. Mag. 2 325 The kings of England and of France are both nominally prayed for in the Churches of Geneva. 1879 G. Meredith Egoist III. xi. 242 For the present it is incumbent on us..not to be nominally precise. 2. Grammar. Substantively; as a noun. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [adverb] substantivelya1500 nominallya1665 substantivally1844 nounally1871 a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) vi. 125 The..Particle is to be taken adjectively..and not meerly nominally or pronominally. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 200 World, whether it be in the singular number or plural, may betoken plurally or indefinitely, and as much adverbially as nominally. 1955 Monumenta Nipponica 32 The particle nari was suffixed to attributive forms of the verb and adjective, used nominally, instead of using the conclusive form without nari. 1997 G. C. Ramchand Aspect & Predication 32 The verbal noun in Irish and in SGaelic can be used purely nominally with a determiner structure in the expression of event nominals. 3. In name (but not in fact). Also in weakened sense: ostensibly, supposedly; in theory. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > unsubstantiality or abstractness > [adverb] > in name only at nameeOE titularly1601 nominally1739 unreally1819 the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > [adverb] > as opposed to in practice contemplatively1552 on paper1582 nominally1739 in principle1756 theoretically1790 unempirically1848 1739 Philos. Trans. 1737–8 (Royal Soc.) 40 p. xlii By unfolding of which, she would not only nominally, but really, become the mistress of all arts and sciences. 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. iv. Concl. 440 The nominally Christian States of these Western Parts. 1772 Philos. Trans. 1771 (Royal Soc.) 61 519 Caesar only nominally doubled it; which is more probable than that their pay at the time he raised it, should be under two-pence three-farthings English a day. a1817 J. Austen Lady Susan Concl., in Wks. (1954) VI. 313 Frederica's visit was nominally for six weeks; but her Mother..was very ready to oblige the whole Party by consenting to a prolongation of her stay. 1858 D. Boucicault London Assurance i. 14 Oak Hall, Gloucestershire.., it nominally belongs to my old friend and relation, Max Harkaway. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xxxi. 361 Many a lama who has nominally a sufficient income never receives..more than half of his due. 1926 J. Buchan Dancing Floor ii. 37 I went to Oxford occasionally, nominally to visit Charles; but..it generally ended by my spending my time with Vernon. 1963 L. MacNeice Varieties of Parable (1965) iii. 75 Certain very adult things could best be said in books which, nominally at least, were meant for children. 1987 Christian Aid News 7 Jan. 10/2 The present government, nominally Christian Democrat, has chosen to put down protest by violent repression. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1641 |
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