单词 | overquickly |
释义 | overquicklyadv. Too quickly; too readily. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adverb] > too easily or readily overlightlya1425 overquicklya1538 over-easily1597 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adverb] > quickly or promptly > excessively oversoona1400 overquicklya1538 a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 88 I somewhat feare that we admyt over quykly thes fautys in the church. 1893 E. Arnold Adzuma ii. iii. 71 Why, then, let it be forgotten. I think, indeed, thou art honest. I am over-quickly moved. 1921 A. E. Waite Tale of Eternal Death in Bk. Holy Graal v. 42 The unassisted agony wherein This soul must keep shall over quickly quench All shining spectacles of sacrifice. 1945 Mil. Affairs 9 259 The future development of this weapon which thus seems to have set overquickly in its characteristics. 1992 G. Maxwell Out of Rain 32 Or all who play a starred malevolent role Not over quickly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1538 |
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