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单词 primely
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primelyadv.

Brit. /ˈprʌɪmli/, U.S. /ˈpraɪmli/
Forms: 1600s– primely; English regional 1800s preymly (Cumberland), 1800s– primily (Lancashire); Scottish pre-1700 primlie, 1800s– primely.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: prime adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < prime adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare Anglo-Norman primement first, originally (14th cent. or earlier), Spanish primamente firstly, originally (second half of the 15th cent. or earlier), exceedingly well, excellently (early 16th cent. or earlier). Compare earlier primarily adv.
1. In the first place, in the highest degree; firstly, primarily, originally.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [adverb]
highlyOE
overalla1225
with the firstc1300
principally1340
principalc1390
in principala1393
chiefly14..
ratherestc1400
rathestc1400
primarily1587
kat' exochen1588
paravant1590
pre-eminently1590
primely1610
cardinally1631
transeminently1642
paramountly1798
par eminence1823
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > firstness > [adverb] > in the first place
firstlOE
ora1300
imprimis1465
once1523
originally1533
primely1610
in the first instancea1676
for one thing1767
1610 E. Bolton Elements of Armories sig. R2 For of those Elementary Lines..primely Elementall are none but the single.
1614 W. Browne Shepheards Pipe ii. Dj The Nightingale records againe What thou dost primely sing.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar Pref. §13 Some parts of it [sc. natural law] are primely necessary, others by supposition and accident.
1725 H. Binning Heart-humiliation xiv.157 The greatest and deepest design that hath been carried on in the World..is the Marriage of Christ His Son with the Church: This was primely intended when He made the World, as a Palace to Celebrate it into.
1767 J. Mumford Question of Questions (ed. 3) 46 The church is primely concerned in the use lawful or unlawful of sacraments, and there this..should be plainly taught in her scripture.
1928 Amer. Econ. Rev. 18 499 Clear recognition of the institutional setting of the moment is primely essential to adequate understanding of the immediately apparent phenomena.
1975 Times 9 July 9/5 Perhaps it was the furious early gallop that eventually sapped the stamina of those primely responsible for setting it.
2004 FD (Fair Disclosure) Wire (Nexis) 22 Apr. When you first walk into a customer that may be from the control side, they are looking at you primely as a software company and asking you how does it fit together.
2. colloquial. Exceedingly well; excellently; 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
1622 P. Hannay Nightingale 45 Detaines these turning haires, Whose presence doth me primely nourish, Whose sight yet makes this face to flourish.
1657 J. Harington Hist. Polindor & Flostella (ed. 3) ii. 71 Those delayes ith' Vestall Bow'r ('Twas thought) would primely Sweeten full Fruition.
1711 Boston News-let. 23 Apr. 2/2 She has very good accommodations for Passengers, and sayls primely well.
1763 ‘T. Bobbin’ Toy-shop (new ed.) 15 Theaw looks primely.
1796 C. Dibdin Pedlar p. vi My wares are new; And, though they mayn't as primely show As those of Cumberland and Co. I warrant they'll as well go down, As half that swarm this cozen'd town.
1807 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (new ed.) 7 The lasses a' luik'd preymly.
1845 Littell's Living Age 22 Feb. 480/1 A man of the world, primely favored and sought in the Faubourg St. Germain as well as at home in May fair.
1873 A. G. Murdoch Lilts on Doric Lyre 26 He who this night dares the road, Should have his good steed primely shod.
1900 A. Lang in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 367/1 It was primely witty to half-poison somebody with a surreptitious dose of medicine.
1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 July a16/2 They are primely positioned for the hand-shaking, elbowpumping ritual when a Meese, Deaver or Baker walks into the room.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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