单词 | one way and another |
释义 | > as lemmasone way and another (d) one way and another. extracted from wayn.1int.1 (i) Used to indicate that something is the case for a variety of unspecified reasons or in a number of different ways; by some means; in some way; = one way or another (also other) at Phrases 7a(a). Also in one way and another. ΚΠ 1645 P. Ince Brief Relation Surprise Forts Weymouth 8 Our enemies report their losse of men, one way and another, taken, slain, and wounded, 4 or 500 men. 1714 E. Freke Remembrances (2001) 270 My own maide thatt had lived neer fowre years with me, my cook maid, and Henry Ettrige, her rogue..had robed me one way and another. 1831 G. P. R. James Philip Augustus II. ix. 228 Full five hundred men, I counted, one way and another; and there might be five hundred more, for aught I know. 1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie I. viii. 102 It pretended to be only a lodging-house, and had no license for the sale of strong drink, but nevertheless, one way and another, a great deal was drunk in the house. 1956 ‘J. Wyndham’ Seeds of Time 87 Passengers, having nothing to occupy them, were always making mischief one way and another. 1989 T. Parker Place called Bird xxii. 269 And eventually one way and another, somehow we achieved what we both wanted. (ii) With most aspects or considerations taken into account; when all is said and done. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > in general [phrase] > in one way or another in the broad or the long1682 one way and another1919 1919 Boys' Life June 9/1 Jean found pearls on it from the start, an' it looked, one way and another, as if he was goin' to be lucky. 1923 R. Macaulay Told by Idiot i. v. 23 One way and another, what with papa's friends and mamma's and the children's, a good deal of life flowed into the..house. 1965 M. Allingham Mind Readers xix. 211 We're in for a very busy time, my lad, one way and another. 1973 Listener 15 Nov. 661/3 I was quite well educated, one way and another. 2001 J. Hamilton-Paterson Loving Monsters (2002) ix. 168 One way and another the spirit of live and let live was broad and buoyant. < as lemmas |
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