| 单词 | not a little |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot a little c. not a little: a good deal, considerably. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > to a considerable degree welleOE not a little1485 prettily1533 sensibly1563 pretty1565 considerably1673 considerablea1706 significantly1747 respectably1770 purty1797 appreciably1815 pooty1825 right smart1859 helder1883 sumfin1918 sumptin1924 sumthin1925 a1450 (a1396) W. Hilton Eight Chapters on Perfection 8 (MED) He erriþ not a litil but myche.] 1485 W. Caxton tr. Lyf St. Wenefryde 24 The couent..dredde not a lytell that the ornamentes and munymentis shold be sore hurte by the fallyng of the rayne. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 253 (MED) He was not a litle mevid. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xxiiii He not a littell mused but muche more meruailed that the duke [etc.]. 1599 E. Ford Parismenos xxiiii. 188 I am glad you haue met your knight, of whose companie I am sure you are not a little glad. 1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa 24 This insolence did not a little offend me. 1712 A. Pope in Spectator No. 408. Young Men whose Passions are not a little unruly. 1762 T. Smollett Adventures Sir Launcelot Greaves I. viii. 163 The other highwayman, who was not a little disturbed at sight of such an apparition. 1838 in G. O. Trevelyan Macaulay (1876) II. vii. 2 His visits served not a little to enliven. 1895 G. Allen Woman who Did iv. 49 He was flattered not a little that this leader among women should have picked him out for herself among the ranks of men. 1927 Travel Nov. 34/2 Both Governors were interested and not a little dubious over my project for taking moving pictures. 1992 B. Gill Death of Love x. 139 She sounded not a little cheered by the prospect. < as lemmas |
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