单词 | presumptuously |
释义 | presumptuouslyadv.ΚΠ a1402 J. Trevisa tr. R. Fitzralph Defensio Curatorum (Harl.) (1925) 77 Þanne freres þat presumptuouslich holdeþ & kepeþ þese priuyleges beþ y-wrapped & y-snarled in þe forseide dedlich synnes. a1450 (c1435) J. Lydgate Life SS. Edmund & Fremund (Harl.) 891 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 429 (MED) This tirant..Took up-on hym forto be callyd kyng, Presumptuously, off force ageyn al ryht. 1463 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 115 The seid Jenney..presumptuosly, havyng no consideracion to my lordes lettir ner sendyng, compellid the tenauntes by distresses to pay hym more besely thanne any feffe or executor. 2. In a presumptuous manner; with presumption; with excessive or undue self-confidence or forwardness; arrogantly, impertinently. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > overweening or presumption > [adverb] jollily13.. presumptuouslyc1425 presumptiouslya1500 presumantlyc1536 presumingly1599 overweeningly1611 arrogatingly1652 overcomingly1653 presumptorily1681 assumingly1839 hubristically1907 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 5271 (MED) A knyȝt called Leothydes..sette on hym ful presumptuously. a1450 (a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Rawl.) (1960) A. xii. l. 8 Þou woldest konne þat I can and carpen hit after; Presumptuowsly, parauenture, apose so manye That [etc.]. a1500 ( Pilgrimage of Soul (Egerton) (1953) ii. iv. f. 32 Heretikes and scismatikes, þat presumptuously peruerte the sentence of holy scripture. c1535 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1905) III. Prol. to Rom. 338 They..ar blynde, and gangis to wryk presumptwslye. 1542 King Henry VIII Declar. Causes Warre Scottis B iij All these be ouer presumptuously done agaynste vs. 1622 S. Rowlands Good Newes & Bad Newes 5 Grosse ignorance presumptuously will prate Of serious matters that concerne a State. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 210 They..presumptuously continue to flatter themselves in the way of their own hearts. View more context for this quotation a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) II. 136 Presumptuously to arrogate a Preheminence above all their Brethren. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman v. 252 That hasty premature instruction, which leads them presumptuously to repeat all the crude notions they have taken upon trust. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion ix. 389 Yet have I thought that we might also speak, And not presumptuously I trust, of Age. View more context for this quotation 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss II. v. iii. 261 Glancing fears lest he had been intervening too presumptuously in the action of Maggie's conscience. 1912 Catholic Encycl. XIII. 511/2 Not presumptuously relying on the scapular as on a miraculous amulet, but trustfully confiding in the power and goodness of Mary. 1982 I. Hamilton Robert Lowell xvi. 291 Lowell had presumptuously turned Rilke into Lowell, and the result was neither good Lowell nor recognizable Rilke. 2000 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 20 Jan. 22 Presumptuously, this book claims to be definitive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1402 |
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