单词 | phonily |
释义 | phonilyadv. Originally U.S. In a phoney manner; falsely, insincerely. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > insincerity > [adverb] askancesc1450 hollowlya1547 from the teeth forward(s) or outward(s)1561 teeth outward(s)1561 unsincerelya1575 hollow1607 insincerely1625 fictly1677 with (one's) tongue in (one's) cheek1842 phonily1936 1936 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 1 Nov. 23/2 Creatures so remote from reality, so phonily garish and Freudian, that it is small wonder one tires of their bickerings. 1942 Hammond (Indiana) Times 20 Dec. 15/2 The production, worthy of Welles, is phonily dramatic. 1961 C. J. Rolo in Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Phonily flamboyant amours and impossible deeds of derring-do. 1976 Economist 16 Oct. 15/2 Name another [parliamentary democracy] that could pass through the past 18 months and still have a parliament doing business phonily as usual. 1990 ‘J. Gash’ Very Last Gambado (1991) xxxi. 271 To delve is to sell an antique for a phonily low price. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1936 |
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