单词 | pestiferously |
释义 | pestiferouslyadv. In a pestiferous manner; (figurative) dangerously. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something bad sorea1300 grievously1340 terrible1490 beastly?1518 shrewdlyc1533 arrantly?1548 murrainly?1548 abominablea1550 pestilence1567 pestilently1567 cursedly1570 pestiferously1570 murrain1575 plaguey1584 plaguilya1586 grievous1598 scandalously1602 horridly1603 terribly1604 monstrously1611 hellish1614 dreadfullya1616 horrid1615 pestilenta1616 infernally1638 preposterously1661 woeful1684 confoundedly1694 confounded1709 glaringly1709 cursed1719 flagrantly1756 weary1790 disgustingly1804 filthy1827 blamed1833 peskily1833 pesky1833 blame1843 blasted1854 wickedly1858 blatantly1878 shamelessly1885 disgracefully1893 ruddy1913 bastarda1935 pissing1951 sodding1954 pissingly1971 1570 J. Foxe tr. Pope Paul II Epist. in Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) II. vi. 717/1 This heresie, which pestiferously doth affirme that Christ did openly begge. 1616 J. Deacon Tobacco Tortured 93 That a..weekely distribution thereof be so pestiferously allowed to euery of them. 1766 Compend. Authentic & Entertaining Voy. (ed. 2) IV. 228 In October, November, and December, the westerly winds are pestiferously hot. 1792 R. Burns Let. 10 Jan. (1985) II. 127 There is other air to breathe than that of Moffat, pestiferously tainted as it is. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. xxv. 311 Melema, you are a pestiferously clever fellow. 1891 R. Kipling City of Dreadful Night ii. 7 Does Calcutta smell so pestiferously after all? 1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Sept. 15/1 The Texas Rangers..continue to behave pestiferously toward their elders, the aging California Angels. 2000 Glasgow Herald (Nexis) 21 Feb. 13 An unwanted legacy from the past which continues pestiferously to linger among us. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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