单词 | savagely |
释义 | savagelyadv.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adverb] > rashly or recklessly recklesslyeOE abandonc1330 rabbishlya1387 recklessa1450 savagelyc1450 temerarilyc1450 temerously1461 rashly?1518 temerariously1535 improvisedlya1538 hare-brainedlya1577 rash1591 wretchlessly?16.. over-rashly1609 bayardly1624 to run amok1689 harum-scarum1691 hell-bent1863 c1450 (?a1400) T. Chestre Sir Launfal (1930) l. 130 So sauagelych [MS. sauragelych] hys good he besette, Þat he ward yn greet dette, Ryȝt yn the ferst yere. 2. In a savage manner; cruelly, barbarously, fiercely. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adverb] grimc893 sternlyc897 bremeOE bitterlyc1000 etelichec1175 heterlya1225 felonly1303 asperlyc1314 fellc1330 fellyc1330 cruentlyc1380 beastlyc1390 unmanlyc1454 felonmentc1470 cruelly1487 inhumanly1490 unkindfully?1534 boarishlya1563 savagely1563 tiger-like1576 unhumanly1586 inhumanlike1595 inhumanely1598 immanely1612 savagiously1625 wolvishly1628 beastlilya1631 brutisha1645 truculently1654 tigerously1698 brutally1749 tigerishly1878 the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [adverb] > angrily (of speech) sharply1340 savagely1563 virulently1599 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > ill-treatment > cruelty > [adverb] heterlya1225 cruellya1340 despitouslyc1374 cruentlyc1380 harageouslyc1450 despitefully1487 despiteouslya1500 beastly?1518 butcherly?1560 savagely1563 bitterly1611 despitely1619 savagiously1625 1563 N. Winȝet tr. St. Vincent of Lérins For Antiq. Catholik Fayth To Marie Quene of Scottis sig. Avi Raigeing I say, nocht only aganis our mother the haly, catholik kirk, bot maist sauagelie aganis thame selfis. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. iii. 206 Your Castle is surpriz'd: your Wife, and Babes Sauagely slaughter'd. View more context for this quotation 1699 R. Ferguson Just & Modest Vindic. Scots Design 86 The Castilians..inhumanely, savagely, and treacherously Murder'd the Emperors of Mexico and Peru. 1749 T. Smollett tr. A. R. Le Sage Gil Blas I. ii. vii. 146 Mergellina being..withal so savagely virtuous, that she could not so much as endure the look of a man. 1799 Hare xvii. 135 The same disposition that prompts a man to behave savagely towards his beast, will render him..a tyrant in his own family. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xiv. 123 Captain Crawley looked savagely at the Lieutenant. 1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed xiii. 260 He was savagely angry against Torpenhow. 1894 Our Paper 3 Feb. 68/2 The bull of the herd, a pugnacious creature now charged savagely upon the tiger. 1928 J. Devanny Dawn Beloved i. ii. 19 She savagely resented any ‘bossiness’. 1973 C. Mullard Black Brit. iv. xi. 131 A gang of white skinheads savagely attacked a black youth who today is nearly blind as a result. 2007 Daily Tel. 11 May 2/6 The ‘nutrient profiling’ model..has been savagely criticised by the food industry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1450 |
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