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单词 olympianly
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Olympianlyadv.

Brit. /əˈlɪmpɪənli/, U.S. /əˈlɪmpiənli/, /oʊˈlɪmpiənli/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Olympian adj.1, -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < Olympian adj.1 + -ly suffix2.
In an Olympian manner; loftily, condescendingly.
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the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [adverb]
dignelyc1374
hautainlyc1400
deignouslyc1440
disdaininglyc1485
royally?c1500
disdainouslya1513
haughtly1523
superciliously1528
disdainishly?1529
disdainfullya1533
disdainedly1535
lordlikea1555
squeamishly1571
haughtily1572
state1579
coy1581
lordly1589
overly1610
lordlily1611
condescendingly1653
on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672
coyly1673
cavalierly1718
slightily1740
skeigh1792
patronizingly1834
Olympically1839
superiorly1844
Olympianly1871
superior1891
1871 Echo 21 June 1/1 The Times..a little too Olympianly,..intimates that Mr. Gladstone's argument for the Bill ‘perishes on analysis’.
1949 Listener 17 Nov. 860/2 Augustus John..has always been olympianly remote, a psychological factor which I think the critic should remember.
1975 F. Exley Pages from Cold Island ix. 151 It was..a trumpeting command issued from Wilson's Olympianly pedantic heights.
1999 D. F. Wallace Brief Interviews with Hideous Men 148 Note..that its not like it's any kind of Olympianly high aesthetic standards that have caused you to toss out 63% of the original octet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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