† pensilyadv.

Forms: late Middle English pensyly; Scottish 1700s pensily, 1700s–1800s pensylie.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pensy adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < pensy adj. + -ly suffix². Compare pensively adv.

Obsolete.

1. Pensively, anxiously, sadly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [adverb] > pensively

pensily1469

pensively1569

1469 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 343 I pray ȝow and requere ȝow þat ȝe take yt not pensyly, fore I wot wele yt gothe ryth nere ȝowr hart.

2. Scottish. Self-importantly, conceitedly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adverb]

fastuously1654

pensily1725

with one's head in the air1788

pretentiously1848

uppishly1911

snottily1927

snootily1940

1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii. 9 He kames his Hair indeed, and goes right snug, With Ribon Knots at his blew Bonnet Lug; Whilk pensylie he wears a Thought a jee, And spreads his Garters dice'd beneath his Knee.

1841 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (ed. 2) at Pensy Pensylie, in a self-important manner.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pensily
释义	† pensilyadv. Forms: late Middle English pensyly; Scottish 1700s pensily, 1700s–1800s pensylie. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pensy adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < pensy adj. + -ly suffix². Compare pensively adv. Obsolete. 1. Pensively, anxiously, sadly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [adverb] > pensively pensily1469 pensively1569 1469 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 343 I pray ȝow and requere ȝow þat ȝe take yt not pensyly, fore I wot wele yt gothe ryth nere ȝowr hart. 2. Scottish. Self-importantly, conceitedly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adverb] fastuously1654 pensily1725 with one's head in the air1788 pretentiously1848 uppishly1911 snottily1927 snootily1940 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd i. ii. 9 He kames his Hair indeed, and goes right snug, With Ribon Knots at his blew Bonnet Lug; Whilk pensylie he wears a Thought a jee, And spreads his Garters dice'd beneath his Knee. 1841 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (ed. 2) at Pensy Pensylie, in a self-important manner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.1469
随便看	to read someone like an open book to read something like a book to read the baby act to read the bones to read the line to read the riot act to read the room to read through to read up to read upon the lips to read with the left eye to reap what one sows to reap where a person has sown to reap where has sown to reap, win one's laurels to rear its head to rear its ugly head to rearrange a person's face to rearrange the deckchairs on the titanic to reason to reason in a circle to reassert itself to reassume oneself to receive a call to receive communion