单词 | palatially |
释义 | palatiallyadv. In a palatial manner or style; as befits a palace; splendidly, magnificently.In quot. 1867: in a palace. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [adverb] worthlyeOE worthlyOE worthily?c1225 reallya1375 proudc1384 riallya1387 royallyc1405 proudly?a1425 rialc1425 stately?a1439 personably1481 sumptuouslyc1487 magnificentlya1552 majestically1577 in state1580 palatially1867 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [adverb] > large or palatial palatiately1632 palatially1867 1867 Times 10 June 10/5 The thing seen on the rectory carpet.., as compared with the thing palatially dreamt of. 1876 Appletons' Jrnl. 15 Apr. 503/3 We see here..how the arts of peace may exalt themselves as triumphantly and house themselves as palatially as ever luxurious despotism did. 1919 F. A. Ogg Reign Andrew Jackson iv. 70 Western Tennessee afforded nothing finer, and Jackson considered himself palatially housed. 1977 Internat. Jrnl. Afr. Hist. Stud. 10 497 He [sc. Haile Sellassie] lived comfortably, even palatially, given the standards prevailing in Ethiopia. 1991 A. Carter Wise Children (1992) ii. 95 He'd used his new wealth to do a lot of work on Lynde Court, as befitted the country residence of the Royal Family of the British Theatre—that is, palatially. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1867 |
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