offensivelyadv.

Brit.

/əˈfɛnsᵻvli/, U.S.

/əˈfɛnsᵻvli/,

/ˈɔˌfɛnsᵻvli/,

/ˈɑˌfɛnsᵻvli/

Forms: see offensive adj. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: offensive adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < offensive adj. + -ly suffix².

In an offensive manner.

1. By way of attack, on or for the offence; aggressively.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > attack > [adverb]

offensively1556

aggressively1849

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adverb]

offensively1556

cocklike1648

aggressively1793

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxxxvii. 142 Flies (without your leaue) passing offensiuelie.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xcvij They deuise a league, not offensiuely but defensiuely.

1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades v. 87 O Hercules,..Who feared not to deale in fight, and striue offensiuely Against the Gods.

1625 W. Morrell New-Eng. 25 All their Forces in few houres readie in Armes, either offensiuely to pursue, or defensiuely to subsist.

1683 London Gaz. No. 1824/2 That Crown will not be in a posture to act offensively against the Turks this Summer.

a1731 P. Aubin Lucinda 221 Being well armed, both offensively and defensively, he had not much Occasion to fear.

1797 E. Burke Three Memorials on French Affairs 88 They must make war..either offensively or defensively.

1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. iii. 109 By thus daring to act offensively, they are said to have inspired terror.

1928 D. L. W. Tough Last Years Frontier 17 Home Castle..lay most offensively for England.

1984 J. Lawton All Amer. War Game iii. 41 In the old days football players performed both offensively and defensively.

2001 National Post (Canada) 11 Apr. b14/2 Offensively [Spezza] is a very creative player who knows how to dish the puck off.

2. So as to excite displeasure, resentment, or disgust; disagreeably, unpleasantly, insultingly. Formerly also †injuriously, hurtfully (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > [adverb]

offensively1576

spider-like1604

verminously1847

fetidly1869

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adverb]

offensively1576

witheringly1815

vandalistically1922

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adverb] > in unpleasant manner

illa1275

unsavourly1377

unlovelyc1400

sour?a1513

beastly?1518

unfaringly1519

unpleasantly1542

ill-favouredly1545

uncomfortably1548

offensively1576

ungratefullya1586

adversely1593

unpleasingly1597

displeasantly1607

unsavourily1611

distastefully1631

unwelcomely1642

displeasurably1648

disagreeably1656

disgustfully1731

displeasingly1731

unpalatably1741

poisonously1746

undelightfully1749

awfully1815

unpleasurably1823

objectionably1825

unagreeably1850

disgustingly1856

undesirably1890

1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 110 Any thing..offensively spoken in the dispraise of your person.

1597 H. Lok Ecclesiastes vi. 57 It is the best to liue with chearefull hart, And cause of good report the world to giue, And not for vs to breed our proper smart: Our daies consume vnpleasing to our selues, Offensiuely to such as with vs dwels.

1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xi. 82 The surrounding sides of the Receiver were sensibly, and almost offensively heated by it.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. iii. 64 Smelling very offensively.

1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 226 The impetuous pursuits and avocations of youth have formerly hindered me from observing those rotten parts of human nature, which now appear so offensively to my observation.

1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 100 You will readily believe that what I have thought freely, I could not mean to express offensively.

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxvii. 331 Jonas said this offensively enough.

1885 Manch. Examiner 16 June 4/7 Last night the same insubordination was displayed still more offensively.

1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xviii. 230 So ran the editorial, which was offensively headed ‘West's Fatal Flop’.

1991 M. Nicholson Martha Jane & Me (1992) i. 10 The Ladies lavatories which smelt so offensively that you had to hold your nose.

†3. With displeasure, with resentment. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [adverb]

highOE

unworthilyc1384

highlya1425

unkindly1550

offensively1589

stomachously1593

stomachfully1611

resentingly1698

resentfully1744

huffishly1755

indignantlya1783

offendedly1804

huffily1860

snarlingly1862

huffingly1864

grudgefully1882

injuredly1886

miffily1958

miffishly1968

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiii. 224 The king laughed hartily and tooke it nothing offensiuely.

?1593 H. Chettle Kind-harts Dreame 3 A letter written to diuers play-makers, is offensively by one or two of them taken.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies i. i. 4 Wee ought not to take it offencively.

1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd i. 18 Take it not offensiuely, not mis-conster my meaning.

†4. In violation of law or order. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adverb] > in violation of the law

violently1443

offensively1607

1607 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 284 Tymber lyinge vpon the same Hill offensively.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	offensively
释义	offensivelyadv. Brit. /əˈfɛnsᵻvli/, U.S. /əˈfɛnsᵻvli/, /ˈɔˌfɛnsᵻvli/, /ˈɑˌfɛnsᵻvli/ Forms: see offensive adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: offensive adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < offensive adj. + -ly suffix². In an offensive manner. 1. By way of attack, on or for the offence; aggressively. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > [adverb] offensively1556 aggressively1849 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [adverb] offensively1556 cocklike1648 aggressively1793 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lxxxvii. 142 Flies (without your leaue) passing offensiuelie. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xcvij They deuise a league, not offensiuely but defensiuely. 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades v. 87 O Hercules,..Who feared not to deale in fight, and striue offensiuely Against the Gods. 1625 W. Morrell New-Eng. 25 All their Forces in few houres readie in Armes, either offensiuely to pursue, or defensiuely to subsist. 1683 London Gaz. No. 1824/2 That Crown will not be in a posture to act offensively against the Turks this Summer. a1731 P. Aubin Lucinda 221 Being well armed, both offensively and defensively, he had not much Occasion to fear. 1797 E. Burke Three Memorials on French Affairs 88 They must make war..either offensively or defensively. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. iii. 109 By thus daring to act offensively, they are said to have inspired terror. 1928 D. L. W. Tough Last Years Frontier 17 Home Castle..lay most offensively for England. 1984 J. Lawton All Amer. War Game iii. 41 In the old days football players performed both offensively and defensively. 2001 National Post (Canada) 11 Apr. b14/2 Offensively [Spezza] is a very creative player who knows how to dish the puck off. 2. So as to excite displeasure, resentment, or disgust; disagreeably, unpleasantly, insultingly. Formerly also †injuriously, hurtfully (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > offensiveness > [adverb] offensively1576 spider-like1604 verminously1847 fetidly1869 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [adverb] offensively1576 witheringly1815 vandalistically1922 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adverb] > in unpleasant manner illa1275 unsavourly1377 unlovelyc1400 sour?a1513 beastly?1518 unfaringly1519 unpleasantly1542 ill-favouredly1545 uncomfortably1548 offensively1576 ungratefullya1586 adversely1593 unpleasingly1597 displeasantly1607 unsavourily1611 distastefully1631 unwelcomely1642 displeasurably1648 disagreeably1656 disgustfully1731 displeasingly1731 unpalatably1741 poisonously1746 undelightfully1749 awfully1815 unpleasurably1823 objectionably1825 unagreeably1850 disgustingly1856 undesirably1890 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 110 Any thing..offensively spoken in the dispraise of your person. 1597 H. Lok Ecclesiastes vi. 57 It is the best to liue with chearefull hart, And cause of good report the world to giue, And not for vs to breed our proper smart: Our daies consume vnpleasing to our selues, Offensiuely to such as with vs dwels. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xi. 82 The surrounding sides of the Receiver were sensibly, and almost offensively heated by it. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. iii. 64 Smelling very offensively. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 226 The impetuous pursuits and avocations of youth have formerly hindered me from observing those rotten parts of human nature, which now appear so offensively to my observation. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 100 You will readily believe that what I have thought freely, I could not mean to express offensively. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxvii. 331 Jonas said this offensively enough. 1885 Manch. Examiner 16 June 4/7 Last night the same insubordination was displayed still more offensively. 1911 H. S. Harrison Queed xviii. 230 So ran the editorial, which was offensively headed ‘West's Fatal Flop’. 1991 M. Nicholson Martha Jane & Me (1992) i. 10 The Ladies lavatories which smelt so offensively that you had to hold your nose. †3. With displeasure, with resentment. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [adverb] highOE unworthilyc1384 highlya1425 unkindly1550 offensively1589 stomachously1593 stomachfully1611 resentingly1698 resentfully1744 huffishly1755 indignantlya1783 offendedly1804 huffily1860 snarlingly1862 huffingly1864 grudgefully1882 injuredly1886 miffily1958 miffishly1968 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiii. 224 The king laughed hartily and tooke it nothing offensiuely. ?1593 H. Chettle Kind-harts Dreame 3 A letter written to diuers play-makers, is offensively by one or two of them taken. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies i. i. 4 Wee ought not to take it offencively. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd i. 18 Take it not offensiuely, not mis-conster my meaning. †4. In violation of law or order. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adverb] > in violation of the law violently1443 offensively1607 1607 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 284 Tymber lyinge vpon the same Hill offensively. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1556
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