单词 | overhastily |
释义 | overhastilyadv. In too hasty a manner; too quickly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adverb] > hastily or hurriedly > excessively overhastilyc1390 over-hastely?a1450 preproperously1607 c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 2766 In gaderynge of richesses..First ye shul geten hem with outen greet desir by good leiser sokyngly and nat ouer hastily. a1425 (?1348) R. Rolle Form of Living (Arun.) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 413 (MED) Synnes of dedis..glutonie..ouer-erly, ouerhastili, ouer-deliciouseli. 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) viii. xi. 175/2 (heading) in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Manie of the Normans pursuing the Englishe ouerhastilie procure their owne death. 1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον i. 14 Here might he perceive the ruddy bloud drawne out of Daphne's tender leggs, by the enjurious thornes, as she over-hastily fled from persuing Phœbus. 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense Oct. Now is the time for ablaqueation, and laying bare the roots of old, unthriving, or over-hastily blooming trees. 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub ix. 176 Which some Philosophers..have mistook to be different in their Causes, over-hastily assigning the first to Deficiency, and the other to Redundance. 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iv. xxiii. 522 When he over-hastily condemns it. 1976 Listener 4 Nov. 588/3 An otherwise overhastily written volume of memoirs. 2002 Economist (U.S. ed.) (Nexis) 26 Oct. The French government, never keen to privatise overhastily, said [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1390 |
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