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单词 prerogatively
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prerogativelyadv.

Brit. /prᵻˈrɒɡətɪvli/, U.S. /p(r)əˈrɑɡədɪvli/
Forms: see prerogative adj. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prerogative adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: Apparently < prerogative adj. (although this is first attested slightly later) + -ly suffix2.
By way of prerogative or privilege; by an exercise of prerogative.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adverb] > rightly or by right > as a special right
prerogativelya1456
a1456 tr. Secreta Secret. (Marmaduke, Ashm. 59) (1977) 215 (MED) Þe prince shoulde alweys..remembre..þat at þe disolving of heos parlementz..þer betyde not none incydent inconvenientz..but if þey touche þuniyversale honnour and welfare of hem alle in generall, and prerogatyffly to þeire prince.
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 32 Of these times it was said prerogatively by Esay 54. 13. ‘All shall bee then taught by God’.
1768 in National Mirror (1771) x. 62 The particular powers which are contained in that act are such only as the King was enabled to impart to the New Company..though some of them should be such as had been prerogatively exercised by preceding Princes.
1852 J. D. Haas tr. F. Kohlsrausch Hist. Germany 20/1 A Teutscher or a Deutscher, according to the harder or the softer pronunciation, was, therefore, one belonging to the nation, which styled itself so prerogatively.
1958 Hispania 41 436 Gide..confessed a bit wryly and, considering his seventy-seven years, prerogatively: ‘Frankly..your country frightens me!’
1994 K.-L. Chin et al. Handbk. Organised Crime in U.S. xiv. 353 The strike forces were put in place by Attorney General Kennedy by administrative fiat, and it seems appropriate for a successor to prerogatively eliminate them via the same avenue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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