单词 | restily |
释义 | restilyadv. rare after 17th cent. Restively. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > [adverb] > intractably or recalcitrantly unbuxomly1390 sturdily1538 restily1611 restively1650 intractably1846 recalcitrantly1912 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Restivement, restily, stubbornely. 1632 H. More tr. G. Piatti Happines Relig. State i. iii. 17 It is a good beast, which runne's not restily of his owne head, but moue's as his Master guide's him. 1666 H. Bennet Let. 9 Feb. in Lett. Earl of Arlington to Sir William Temple (1701) 60 Tho he had Opiniastred the Point, as restily as became his Character, yet we are perswaded that..he is not dissatisfied. 1667 Duke of Newcastle New Method to dress Horses ii. 227 Many Horses Rises Restily, because they would not go Forward, nor Turn. 1900 Amer. Monthly Mag. June 1218 You wearily marched, or restily sat in camp waiting the welcome summons of ‘forward, march!’ or tossed upon a fevered couch. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1611 |
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