单词 | beautifully |
释义 | beautifullyadv. 1. In a way that is highly pleasing to the senses, esp. the sight; with great charm, elegance, or loveliness. Also in weakened use: pleasantly, enjoyably. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [adverb] lieflyc900 merelyeOE fairOE lovelya1375 featously1377 belliche1394 finelya1400 buttylly1496 lovelilya1500 well-favouredly1528 beautifully1538 beauteously1592 bonnily1595 love-likely1621 bonny1650 beautiful1767 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Pulcherrime, moost beautyfully. ?1545 J. Bale 2nd Pt. Image Both Churches ii. sig. D.iij Thys woman ys bewtyfullye decked with the shynynge sonne of ryghtousnesse. 1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 247 He..brought plantes..and furnished this ground with them, so beautifully. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 406 Raph Astrie..new roofed this Church..and beautifully glased it. 1686 Bp. G. Burnet Some Lett. conc. Switzerland iv. 240 Marble beautifully spotted. 1709 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions 254 No longer shall the Boddice aptly lac'd..That Air and Harmony of Shape express, Fine by Degrees, and beautifully less. 1796 Berkeley Hall; or, Pupil of Experience II. ii. 14 Her teeth like alabaster, her limbs beautifully rounded. 1820 W. Scott Abbot II. iv. 125 A short but beautifully wrought sword. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxxi. 421 The atmosphere was beautifully clear. 1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 709/1 This undergrowth [of the Cashmere goat]..is beautifully soft and silky. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love iv. 52 You are..a thousand times more beautifully dressed [than she is]. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 28 The oysters are beautifully succulent and flavorful. 1979 Records & Recording Aug. 61/2 The distinguished Romanian soprano sings the part quite beautifully. 2008 J. Quinn Goodnight Ballivor xiii. 68 The beautifully embossed lid slid out of a groove to reveal two pencil compartments. 2. In a way that is highly pleasing or satisfying to the mind; in a fitting or appropriate manner; admirably, excellently, perfectly.In later use, when modifying an adjective, sometimes approaching a simple intensifier: very, extremely. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adverb] fairlyOE goodlyc1275 finec1330 properlyc1390 daintily?a1400 thrivinglya1400 goodlily?1457 excellent1483 excellently1527 excellently1529 curiously1548 jollilyc1563 admirably1570 beautifully1570 singularly1576 bravelyc1600 famouslya1616 manlya1616 primely1622 prime1648 eximiously1650 topping1683 egregiously1693 purely1695 trimmingly1719 toppinglya1739 surprisingly1749 capitally1750 brawly1796 jellily18.. stammingly1814 divinely1822 stunningly1823 rippingly1828 jam up1835 out of sight1835 first-rately1843 first rate1844 like a charm1845 stunning1851 marvellously1859 magnificently1868 first class1871 splendidly1883 sterlingly1883 tip-top1888 like one o'clock1901 deevily1905 goodo1907 dandy1908 bonzer1914 great1916 juicily1916 corkingly1917 champion1925 unbeatably1928 snodger1946 beaut1953 smashingly1956 groovily1970 awesome1984 1570 A. Golding tr. D. Chytræus Postil 47 Three notable names are giuen vntoo Chryst in this prophesie, which lernedly describe and beautifully set out his person and benefites. 1632 T. Fitzherbert tr. O. Torsellino Admirable Life S. Francis Xavier vi. xviii. 609 Vertue and learning were beautifully combined togeather. 1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xxix. 510 This [sc. a heart delighting in God] will represent Religion very beautifully. 1743 J. Seed Disc. Several Important Subj. I. xvi. 407 He, whose reigning Pleasure it is to speculate and think beautifully, will not therefore act beautifully. 1832 C. Darwin Let. 24 Nov. in Corr. (1985) I. 280 I have taken..a new Trigonocephalus beautifully connecting in its habits Crotalus & Viperus. 1841 F. Marryat Joseph Rushbrook II. iii. 57 She could read and write beautifully. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. iv. 323 The bishop, beautifully equal to the emergency, arose bland and persuasive. 1936 G. Greene in Living Age Nov. 268/1 She conforms so beautifully to type (I picture her in rather old-fashioned mauve with a whale-bone collar). 1953 Life 2 Feb. 44 Why don't you forget those old bugaboos about how hard angel food is to make and see how beautifully easy it now can be. 1959 A. Koestler Sleepwalkers iv. vi. 325 The earth's velocity proved to be, simply and beautifully, inversely proportional to distance. 2002 Times 7 Sept. (Travel section) 1/1 Our wedding day went beautifully. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1538 |
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