单词 | beneficially |
释义 | beneficiallyadv. In a beneficial manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adverb] roomlyOE freelyOE unsparelya1225 largelyc1225 largec1350 liberallyc1410 unsparinglya1500 beneficially1530 bounteously1531 plenteously1535 frankly1551 well1565 well-favouredly1570 bountifully1580 prodigally1590 amply1594 munificently1594 royally1601 prodigal1603 generously1623 ungrudginglya1631 lavishly1769 unstintingly1857 spaciously1864 open-handedly1924 1530–1 Act 22 Hen. VIII xv His said free pardon..shall be..taken..most beneficially..to all..his sayed subiectes. 1609 R. Cawdray in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1870) I. Ps. xix. 1–4 As the sun with his light beneficially comforteth all the world. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Liberalement, bountifully; beneficially, with an open hand. 2. Advantageously, profitably, helpfully. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [adverb] wellc1300 fructuouslya1382 profitablya1382 wella1400 commodiously1420 at the best advice1433 fruitfullyc1450 fruituouslyc1450 behovably1512 profitable?c1525 availably1530 beneficially1531 advantageously1562 availfully1603 1531 Act 23 Hen. VIII x. §3 This estatute shalbe alweys expounded as beneficially as may be to the destruccion and utter avoyding of such use, intentes and purposes. 1775 in T. Gray Poems 45 To others, at least innocently employed; to himself, certainly beneficially. 1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein III. 529 France..has influenced it [the Greek cause] at once benevolently and beneficially. 3. Law. In the way of a beneficial owner or interest. Cf. beneficial adj. 3. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal possession > [adverb] > with benefits but without title beneficially1827 1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 249 The person beneficially entitled for life. 1871 E. Poste tr. Justinian in tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civlis iii. 350 Both the agent and the principal are beneficially interested. 1885 Law Times Rep. 52 650/1 The various persons beneficially entitled under W. Plowright's will. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adv.1530 |
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