单词 | palatably |
释义 | palatablyadv. In a palatable manner; so as to please the palate; agreeably. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > savouriness > [adverb] dainteouslyc1380 daintifully1393 daintively1393 daintilya1400 delicatelyc1400 daintethlyc1440 savourously1480 daintly1563 tastefully1611 savourily1617 palatably1677 toothsomely1871 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 37 Other waters..that are palatably salt. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 426 A way of dressing mushrooms..palatably. 1762 D. Garrick Let. 24 Jan. (1963) I. 350 I must declare, in my own favour, that I am always open to conviction, when given palatably. 1845 N. P. Willis Dashes at Life with Free Pencil iv. 191 He cruelly enriches his paper..and so sends it, palatably spiced, to the uninquiring appetite of the public. 1862 Ladies' Repository Apr. 225/2 ‘That's ministered to you æsthetically quite long enough.’ ‘And now it shall palatably,’ laughed my husband. 1911 Science 10 Nov. 617/2 Upon occasion an oft-told tale, if palatably redressed, may prove appetizing enough. 1985 P. Ziegler Mountbatten ii. xxvi. 332 All Mountbatten could do was present British activities as palatably as possible. 2001 Campaign (Nexis) 21 Sept. 12 It was arguably too soon after the terrorist attack for such an openly hostile stance towards the US to be aired palatably. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1677 |
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