单词 | primordially |
释义 | primordiallyadv. 1. At or from the very beginning; in the earliest stage; at first, originally. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > at first, originally, or primitively principally1389 forthmostc1450 primarily1601 primordially1603 primitively1607 originarily1610 fontallya1617 originallya1620 primevallya1711 at or after the first brush1815 archetypally1854 1603 H. Clapham Three Partes Salomon Song of Songs Expounded iii. xxv. 238 That great successor of Moses, the Leader and Planter of Israel in Canaan: who primordially was termed Hoshea; but secondarily Iehoshva. 1626 W. Pinke tr. J. Cameron Exam. Plausible Appearances xii. 46 The church of Rome is stiled the Temple of God, as being primordially planted, and dressed by his hand. 1762 G.-A. Gallini Treat. Art of Dancing 247 This art, in its origin, (so favored by an arbitrary prince, and who also made some use of it, towards establishing his despotism, nay even primordially introduced by Bathillus, a slave) could no longer preserve its great excellence. 1772 J. Shebbeare Candid Enq. Merits Dr. Cadogan’s Diss. iv. 125 Did providence primordially ordain that labour should live in want, and idleness in profusion? 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man (1874) viii. 228 We have no grounds for supposing that male bees primordially collected pollen. 1930 Mod. Lang. Notes 45 48 The stage jig had a folk origin for the very good reason that primordially the word ‘jig’ was applied to a certain kind of rapid, jerky dance, and a rural dance at that. 1980 J. Crook Evol. Human Consciousness iv. 88 Wrangham's theory remains tentative but if it stands up to further investigation it suggests that humans were primordially patrilineal. 2000 T. Martin Modernization or Neo-traditionalism? in S. Fitzpatrick Stalinism v. xxii. 360 An emerging non-national high culture and separate primordially imagined national identities coexisted. 2. In relation to an origin or starting point; basically, fundamentally; essentially. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [adverb] radically?a1425 fundamentallyc1449 primordially1604 primitively1610 cardinally1631 at (the) root1638 centrally1646 ultimately1660 au fond1782 basally1882 basically1903 1604 H. Clapham Demaundes & Answeres touching Pestilence iii. sig. A4v The first proposition would be cleared, seeing the conclusion dependes primordially of it. 1737 ‘Philoveritas’ Ess. on Relig. (ed. 2) 135 In which a Personal Supereminence appears in God the Father, who is only being Self-existent, and primordially productive, is implicately call'd God. 1850 Amer. Whig Rev. Dec. 569/1 The entire universe..is composed of a gradation almost insensible of species, and..these diversities are directly and primordially the ‘work of nature’. 1899 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 161/1 Man, whatever else he may be, is essentially and primordially a practical being. 1929 Q. Rev. Biol. 4 472/1 Have we not here phenomena that may justly be regarded as primordially social and cultural in nature? 1986 New Yorker 24 Feb. 65/1 It was a wind embellished with gusts, but, over all, it was primordially steady: a consistent southwest wind. 1993 A. Heron Cent. Protestant Theol. (BNC) 25 What he appeals to is, he believes, primordially human, the foundation and basis of all other experiences. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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