单词 | saturninely |
释义 | saturninelyadv.ΚΠ 1673 W. Cooper tr. J. F. Helvetius Golden Calf 4 in Philos. Epit. This natural Mistery is only to be found with the great Jehovah, Saturninely [L. Saturnine] placed in the Center of the World. 2. In a saturnine manner; forbiddingly, sternly; gloomily, melancholically. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [adverb] > in saturnine manner saturninely1840 1840 E. Pickering Quiet Husband I. viii. 268 I never saw you so saturninely magnificent before. 1912 Cent. Mag. Jan. 480/2 Just then the telephone sounded. ‘Mr. Holmes?’ said the chief of police. ‘Yes,’ replied Sherlock, saturninely. 2013 J. Zeugner Soldier for Christ iv. ii. 121 Bonneau smiled saturninely and swallowed the last of his bean paste sweet. ‘The Lord be with us, let us pray,’ he said. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1673 |
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