单词 | pausefully |
释义 | pausefullyadv. In a pauseful manner; so as to cause a pause. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [adverb] > so as to cause pausefully1866 1866 M. Arnold Thyrsis xiv, in Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 452 I feel her finger light Laid pausefully upon life's headlong train. 1922 Isis 4 558 Here History lays a finger upon us pausefully and bids caution. 1941 W. A. Percy Lanterns on Levee xvi. 188 My French vocabulary suddenly wasted away. Slowly and pausefully I began. 2002 Independent (Nexis) 17 Jan. 12 One of those short, early evening shows in which Douglas Hodge and Lia Williams will pausefully read from Harold Pinter's credit-card statements. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1866 |
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