| 单词 | round-the-corner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasround-the-corner round-the-corner adj. roundabout, indirect. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb] softlyc1225 by stalea1240 privilya1250 slylyc1275 thieflyc1290 stealingly13.. by stealth1390 stalworthlya1400 theftfullyc1400 theftlyc1400 theftuouslyc1400 under veilc1425 thievishly?c1450 by theft1488 quietly1488 furtively1490 by surreption1526 hugger-muggera1529 in hugger-mugger1529 underhand1538 insidiously1545 creepingly1548 surreptiously1573 underboard1582 filchingly1583 sneakingly1598 underwater1600 slipperily1603 thief-likea1625 clandestinely1632 surreptitiously1643 thievously1658 clancularly1699 stownlins1786 stealthily1806 underhandedly1806 stolen-wise1813 on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818 round-the-corner1820 underhanded1823 stealthfully1828 slinkingly1830 slippingly1830 on the sneak?1863 sneakishly1867 behind backs1874 stalkingly1891 on the side1893 under the counter1926 underground1935 under the table1938 down and dirty1959 sneakily1966 1820 Edinb. Rev. 34 305 Round-the-corner sort of personal satire. 1881 G. M. Hopkins Let. 14 May (1938) 100 My only resource is to ask you if you..can suggest some fetch, some boomerang or lazytongs or round-the-corner means of having at him. 1915 A. Conan Doyle Valley of Fear i. vii. 121 You get to your point, I admit, but you have such a deuced round-the-corner way of doing it. 1937 B. De Holthoir tr. G. Duhamel Pasquier Chron. v. xviii. 822 Sénac..specialized in round-the-corner tactics, the undermining of the morale of the group, the manœvring of currents of opinion. 1977 T. Nairn Break-up of Britain i. 58 The former deals in round-the-corner optimism, the latter in a tri-secular accumulation of imperial complacency and slow-moving certainties. < as lemmas |
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