单词 | ordinarily |
释义 | ordinarilyadv.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adverb] > conformably conformly1447 ordinarily1457 conformably1546 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adverb] > usually or customarily > according to custom or practice ordinarily1457 consuetely1632 wontly1654 acourse1697 1457 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 171 Oþere accomptantes..hath be kept ordynarylye seth my maister began to kepe house thys 1 yeere almoste. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 588/2 As..god..calleth vpon al people both electes and reprobates to come to him, so doth he after both twaine..gone awaye by sinne againe, call ordinarily vpon them both of hys lyke mercy still. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 7 §2 The same ordinarye..shall..procede..ordinarylye or summarilye, accordynge to..the sayd ecclesiasticall lawes. 1607 Dobsons Drie Bobbes v. 52 Sir Thomas and other the Canons came to put vpon them their Surplises, in which ordinarily they soong their Seruice. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 120 Springs and Rivers..do [not] derive the Water, which they ordinarily refund, from Rains. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 18 While..our part of the town seemed to be spared in comparison of the west part, I went ordinarily about the streets, as my business required. 2. In the ordinary or usual course of events or state of things; in most cases; usually, commonly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adverb] > usually or customarily > usually or in usual circumstances commonly1340 commona1400 ordinarily1555 ordinarly1557 ordinary1614 formally1627 normally1843 1555 R. Eden tr. G. F. de Oviedo y Valdés Summarie Gen. Hist. W. Indies in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 176 We ought not to iudge of that whiche chaunceth seldome, but of that which happeneth most ordinarily. 1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. f. 10 The life of a woman is conscribd and ordinarily concluded in lesser tyme then Mans. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. xxxi. 108 In..Madrid..there are ordinarily 600000. souls. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 18 Of a more blew colour than Lead ordinarily is. 1712 J. James tr. A.-J. Dézallier d'Argenville Theory & Pract. Gardening 150 The Trees and Shrubs that are ordinarily made use of. 1766 Compl. Farmer at Surveying A point is..ordinarily expressed with a small prick, like a period at the end of a sentence. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 432 The gates of Whitehall, which ordinarily stood open to all comers, were closed. 1886 E. F. Smith tr. V. von Richter Chem. Carbon Compounds 155 Such a union of two or more molecules by the linking of carbon atoms..and the formation of complicated carbon chains is ordinarily termed condensation. 1925 A. Huxley Those Barren Leaves v. iv. 369 The fact that reality exists and is manifestly very different from what we ordinarily suppose it to be, surely shows some light on this horrible death business. 1993 City & Country Home Apr.–May 65/1 With the sun well and truly over the yardarm, we locals would ordinarily head for the bar at the Oban Inn..for a convivial drink. 3. In an ordinary or unexceptional way. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > in a commonplace manner vulgarlyc1600 ordinarily1607 commonly1682 the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adverb] > usually or customarily > in the usual or ordinary way formally1607 regularly1720 ordinarily1831 normally1856 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 308 They mounted without other stirrop..not onely when they were ordinarily attired in common garments, but then also, when they were armed. 1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics xviii. 161 Ray D G ordinarily refracted by the first rhomb will be extraordinarily refracted by the second. 1854 J. H. Newman Lect. Hist. Turks Advt. p. vii Materials..to be found in any ordinarily furnished library. 1940 H. J. Grossman Guide to Wines, Spirits & Beers viii. 99 Then the proper proportion of must, expressed from ordinarily ripened grapes, is poured over it and stirred up at intervals. 1991 F. Kanga Heaven on Wheels (1992) iii. 27 She said, absolutely ordinarily, ‘Can I lift you in?’ 4. In an ordinary degree; to the usual extent. Esp. in more than ordinarily: unusually, exceptionally. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > moderateness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > to the ordinary or usual extent ordinarily1628 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) Democritus to Rdr. 43 Beroaldus will haue drunkards, afternoone men, and such as more then ordinarily delight in drinke, to be mad. 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xxxv. 48 He shews himself more than ordinarily civil. 1697 J. Locke 2nd Vindic. Reasonableness Christianity 255 If they were but ordinarily fair and prudent Men. 1709 Tatler No. 81. ⁋1 I am more than ordinarily anxious to do Justice to the Persons. 1729 W. Law Serious Call viii. 112 If there is any poor man or woman, that is more than ordinarily wicked or reprobate. 1816 C. Lamb Glenarvon II. xii. 125 Lady Margaret was more than ordinarily brilliant and agreeable. 1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind viii. 65 The ordinarily intelligent child, with a healthy appetite for books. 1924 M. Synon in B. C. Williams O. Henry Prize Stories of 1923 193 The day had been more than ordinarily difficult, one of the hardest Stroude had known since the turmoiled times of war. 1982 T. Hamilton Robert Lowell iii. 27 He was clearly thought to be more than just ordinarily odd or mixed-up. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1457 |
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