单词 | scurvily |
释义 | scurvilyadv. Now archaic. In a scurvy manner. a. Shabbily, meanly; sorrily, unsatisfactorily. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > wretchedness > [adverb] noughtlyeOE litherOE naughtlyOE litherlya1225 simplya1325 miseaselyc1330 wretchedlyc1340 lewdlyc1386 unhappily1390 miserably?a1425 lodderlyc1425 sorrily1496 singly1548 naughtily1574 sillily1581 lamentably1585 evilly1587 woefully1592 scurvily1616 execrably1633 grievously1742 miscreantly1744 queasily1845 fecklessly1862 God-forsakenly1913 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adverb] > in a paltry, mean, or contemptible manner lowly1440 peltingly1555 meanlyc1561 miserablya1586 scurvily1616 mean1719 pettily1791 peddlingly1892 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adverb] uncharitablyc1386 meanly1602 scurvily1616 meana1626 ungenerously1722 unsportinglya1974 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iv, in Wks. I. 243 His hat was carried skiruily. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Dialogue Want of Respect due Age in Tracts (1727) 306 We are scurvily used, but that is because we are scurvy Fellows, and deserve no better. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 244 Her Fondness for a Spark of hers was scurvily interpreted. 1710 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 12 Dec. (1948) I. 119 And, passing an evening scurvily enough, [I] did not come home till eight. 1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter in Chron. Canongate 1st Ser. II. v. 119 I will lay no bets about Miss Grey,..I think I should act very scurvily, if I were to make her the subject of any idle debate betwixt you and me. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 111 The young pair quitted Paris to reside At London: which repaid the compliment But scurvily. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adverb] crabbedlya1420 cursedly1430 currishly1519 thrawnlya1522 crustily1578 scurvily1608 shrewishlya1616 doggedly?c1663 ungenially1858 crankily1864 ill-naturedly1865 cantankerously1868 dourly1871 grumpily1882 1608 T. Middleton Familie of Love (new ed.) iv. sig. E4 v Speak pittifully, looke scuruily, and dissemble cunningly. 1647 J. Berkenhead Pref. Verses in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Wks. sig. d4v Such boyst'rous Trifles Thy Muse would not brooke, Save when she'd show how scurvily they looke. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adv.1608 |
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