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单词 ricketily
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ricketilyadv.

Brit. /ˈrɪkᵻtᵻli/, U.S. /ˈrɪkᵻdᵻli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rickety adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < rickety adj. + -ly suffix2.
In a rickety manner.
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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adverb] > in neglected or dilapidated manner > in rickety manner
crazily1668
ricketily1858
1858 Dublin Univ. Mag. July 67/1 Tiny China cups without handles, inserted ricketily in..brass egg-cups.
1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xxxii. 314 The Deacon's chaise seesawed and clattered itself, ricketily, to the door stone.
1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts II. iii. iv. 163 One among all her institutions she has succeeded in setting, however ricketily, on its legs again.
1921 D. H. Lawrence Sea & Sardinia iv. 249 They looked like a jiggly set of upright rollers all turning rickettily against one another.
2005 Africa News (Nexis) 19 June Even Abacha's vehicle convoy was left ricketily derelict.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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