smallyadj.

Brit.

/ˈsmɔːli/, U.S.

/ˈsmɔli/,

/ˈsmɑli/, Scottish English

/ˈsmalɪ/

Forms: 1500s smaly; English regional (northern) 1800s– smally; Scottish 1700s– smally, 1800s smalie, 1800s smallie, 1900s– sma'lie.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: small adj., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < small adj. + -y suffix¹. Perhaps compare also smallie n.

†1. Of liquor: weak, small, thin. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > weak or diluted

smallc1420

thinc1440

single1483

watered1540

smally1577

distempered1743

shilpit1814

seven-water grog1834

three-water1840

two-water1905

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 88^v They make a drinke called Cyder, and a smaly drinke beside with water.

2. Scottish and English regional (northern). Of a person or animal: small and slight; puny, weakly. Sc. National Dict. (1971) records this sense as still in use in central and southern Scotland in 1970.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective]

shorta900

littleOE

lowa1398

untallc1535

dwarfish1542

shrimpish1549

pygmy1592

shrubby1603

dapper1606

punya1616

runtisha1642

truss1674

sesquipedalian1741

smally1764

petite1766

elfin1796

scram1825

squibbish1826

gnomic1845

dwarf-like1850

knee-high to a grasshopper1851

underhanded1856

nanoid1857

whipping-snapping1861

scrunty1868

midget1875

short-set1883

sawed-off1887

strunty1897

munchkin1930

sawn-off1936

short-arsed1951

1764 Caledonian Mercury 18 Aug. She is a smally girl, speaks Englified, and said she was born in Derby.

1787 J. Elphinston Propriety Ascertained II. iv. 190 A smally laudy iz dhus a shrimp ov a boy.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Smalie, little, puny.

1820 R. Mudie Glenfergus II. 267 On the swaird before the mansion, two smally dry haired ponies were feeding.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 159 A poor smally creature.

1866 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 359 But Jane was our only daughter,..a wee, smally bit thing.

1884 A. W. Buchan Poems of Feeling 98 Kate, smallie was, weel-faur't, wi' a bit lisp That made her lassie-like.

1896 F. M. T. Palsgrave List Words & Phrases Hetton-le-Hole (at cited word) That's a smally bit bairn.

1900 Border Mag. Jan. 14 Jean lookit gey little aside him, but she's a sma'lie craitir.

1909 S. R. Crockett Rose of Wilderness i. 9 Are ye no pinched a wee..? No at the neck? I never saw ye look so smally?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

smallyadv.

Brit.

/ˈsmɔːli/, U.S.

/ˈsmɔli/,

/ˈsmɑli/

Forms: Middle English smalliche, Middle English–1500s smaly, Middle English– smally, 1500s smallye, 1500s smaly, 1500s–1600s smallie.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: small adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < small adj. + -ly suffix².

1. In or into small or minute pieces, fragments, etc.; finely, minutely.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] > strictly

strait1338

smally1340

at point devicec1390

point-devicec1425

precisely1526

to the point device1542

just1549

rigorously1561

by the square1570

curiously1573

by point device1575

in print1576

to a tittle1597

nicelya1616

to a hair's breadtha1616

point-vice1641

to a nicka1680

to a cow's thumb1681

to a tee1693

narrowly1708

scrupulously1712

to a dot1728

perjinkly1775

to a nicety1795

astringently1866

to a fit1890

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adverb] > in separated pieces > in small pieces

smallumOE

smally1578

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [adverb] > into separate parts > small

smallOE

smally1578

mincingly1598

minutely1599

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 111 (MED) Me ssel recordi zueteliche and smalliche be little stechches alle þe guodnesses of oure lhorde.

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 116 Smally, minutim.

1560 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli 2nd Pt. Secretes Alexis of Piemont 86 Foure graines of Ambergrise that bee very smally ground.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 301 His leaves are not so smally cut.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Piouelicare, to drizle, to mizle, or raine smallie.

1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. lii. 299 Water wherein..the hearb of arsmanarck hath bin wel sod in, and smally chopt.

1662 J. Chandler tr. F. M. van Helmont in tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike To Rdr. Gold and Silver, how smally soever they may be divided.

1741 Family Mag. 30/1 The yolks of 6 eggs boil'd hard, and smally minced.

1905 P. E. Goddard Morphol. Hupa Lang. 34 He took up something of a liquid or smally divided nature which must be contained in a basket.

a. In only a slight or small degree; to a small or limited extent; not much, very little. Now rare.

(a) Without modification.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > to a small extent or slightly

lightlyeOE

liteOE

littleOE

a litec1290

smallc1300

softc1390

smally?a1425

slenderlya1513

hoverly1549

remissly1557

slender1581

not half1583

faintly1590

slightly1594

lankly1611

lowly1655

slight1671

nicely1698

weakly1775

sparingly1796

jimply1816

feebly1830

slightually1859

marginally1960

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 114 (MED) Of impetigine & serpigine & azaphati..al þise ar infeccionz of þe skyn vnequale & smaly vlcerose, not mych profoundyng.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. CCv [1532] We thynke their answere will smally please you.

1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Qiij^v In case ye smally beleve myne, marke, I praie you, his owne woords.

1568 T. Hill Certaine Husbandly Coniectures iv. f. 63, in Proffitable Arte Gardening (rev. ed.) Weathers ouer olde, are to be refused in eatyng, in that they..smally nourishe.

a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 541 It is needlesse, or at least smally to the purpose.

1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 109 I cannot prove..that a Man smally beneficed, must of necessity be dissolute.

1824 P. Sebright Adéle I. v. 229 Nothing was ever more smally indicative of spirit than the face of madame Jonquille.

1905 Railway Conductor Jan. 61/1 To say we enjoyed his visit would ‘smally’ express out feelings.

2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Oct. 30 Substituting something that's trivial-but-noisily-immediate for something that's virtuous—even smally virtuous..—breeds an ugly cynicism about virtue itself.

(b) Modified by but (see but adv. 2a).

ΚΠ

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxviii. 343 This courtesy..dyde the prince to the kynge, the whiche after was but smally rewarded.

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iii. f. 28 The hurte of his shoulder, whereof the skinne was but smaly perished.

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. ii. §2. 11 Which you doe but smally credite.

1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. xxv. 42 Seneca quitted the Audience with this but smally satisfactory resolution.

1681 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Med.-philos. Disc. Fermentation ix. 99 The Blood is still circulated, and (tho but smally) is inkindled in the Heart.

1773 Court Let. Writer 140 The yearly income that will genteelly support a single person, will but smally contribute towards the expences of a family.

1834 C. Darwin Zool. Notes (2000) 27 May 220 The funnel case is but smally irritable.

1843 F. Chamier Perils of Beauty III. xxxv. 148 The payments..may perhaps get as low as twenty, nay fifteen, and subject those who invest but smally to a great diminution of income.

1908 Rosary Mag. Apr. 426/1 We get great conceptions of honor, and truth.., and we are not prepared for it when we find they are..but smally found in the lives of those we love.

b. With verbs of considering, regarding, etc. Now rare (archaic in later use).Very common from c1550 to c1630.

ΚΠ

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clviii. f. clxxv^v In these countreys were dyuers garysons, that smally regarded or obeyed any peace or truce.

1532 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. 213 All such acts made for reformation..be smally regarded.

1562 J. Mountgomery in Archaeologia (1883) 47 220 Ower natiue Inglishe sowldior,..whome wee smallie consider.

1589 T. Cooper Admon. People of Eng. 188 Elias, Micheas, Amos, and other Prophets were smally esteemed, you knowe, among the Israelites.

1609 R. Bernard Faithfull Shepheard (new ed.) 16 They smally account of our translations.

1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 303 Smally valuing either Gold, or Pearles as I doe.

1773 A. Vieyra Dict. Portuguese & Eng. Lang. II. at Smally To be smally regarded, ser alguem desprezado, ou pouco estimado.

1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. V. xvii. 32 They smally account of learning, wisdom, place.

†c. not smally: greatly, very much. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase]

a great dealc1000

much dealc1225

on highc1400

little1483

good and proper1508

not smally1548

a deal1756

in a big way1840

more than somewhat1930

1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. O.v^v Sir Rauf Coppinger did aied not smally in saufgard of the standard of our horsmen.

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1597) A iv b Rome eke was not smally inriched by her Orator.

1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. xxx. 60 Not a little auayleable to his..immortall glory, not smally beneficial to y^e Romane Empire.

1610 R. Tofte tr. N. de Montreux Honours Acad. 2 Not smally fortunate did he thinke himselfe.

1677 J. Webster Displaying Supposed Witchcraft xiii. 268 We..have..thereby not smally augmented and advanced this gross and absurd opinion of the power of Witches.

1731 Hyp ii. 25 Lugging a Prize, not smally rated, With Pipes, and best Virginia freighted.

1840 H. W. Herbert Cromwell I. v. 149 His eloquence, his learning, and experience, might indeed minister not smally to the welfare of his country.

3. By a small number; sparsely, scantily.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [adverb]

scarcec1300

smallya1513

sparse1725

sparsely1796

slimly1801

tenuously1892

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxx. f. lxv^v This swerdman..fand y^e Kyng smally accompanyed.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxlij Besieged the citie of Arques,..whiche was smally defended, and sone gotten.

1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde lxxxii. f. 135 The condition of y^e lande smally inhabited, and ill tilled.

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies i. ix. 32 Although it bee in a climate more commodious.., yet is it smally peopled and inhabited.

1698 L. Echard Rom. Hist. II. ii. vi. 508 Whereupon Gallienus with greater Hast than Discretion, left his Post smally accompany'd.

1841 Southern Q. Rev. Dec. 121 To build a cathedral for a smally-populated parish would be idle.

1897 Amer. Univ. Mag. Nov.–Dec. 169/2 The lectures are more or less perfunctory affairs and very smally attended.

1920 Probl. Population & Parenthood 113 A relatively large population in one country, and a small population in another, does mean relative disadvantage to the smally populated country.

4. In small form or extent; slenderly. Chiefly modifying past participles.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adverb]

smally1562

small1582

smitch1895

the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [adverb]

slightly1521

smally1562

slenderly1591

slight?1677

tenderly1721

slimly1831

1562 in Archæol. Jrnl. (1896) 53 137 One other like ffether being for a mannes head peace alle redde smally garnisshed.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Greslement, thinly, smally, slenderly.

1613 T. Dekker Strange Horse-race sig. C3 As that nut-shell held all Homers Iliads smally written in a peece of Vellum.

1630 Tom Thumbe sig. A3 His shirt..Both light and soft, for those his limbes that were so smally bred.

1842 Court Mag. July 124 In Brick-court..lived Launcelot Hopetown, aged about twenty-four, a very smally made, very high-voiced, very melancholy, very sickly and a very strange young man.

1898 A. Lang in Longman's Mag. Oct. 499 They were beautiful animals, rather smally made and remarkable for their fine mottled hides.

1909 G. Manning Improper Prue iv. 30 He was smally built, this Lothario of five-foot-three, but possessed wiry strength.

1946 B. Marshall George Brown's Schooldays xxx. 128 Abinger moved smally in between them.

2005 B. P. Smith Harvest Tears (2007) iv. 84 A short, smally-built wiry man, he had an enormous ego but possessed a great sense of humor with which to water it down.

5. With low volume; with a small or hesitant voice.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [adverb] > without much noise

stilla1225

lowc1275

softc1275

stilledlyc1275

softlyc1330

fairly?a1425

basely1562

piano piano1601

smally1611

pacatelya1652

impercussively1694

pianissimoc1710

deftly1787

suppressedly1825

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Claironner, Speake shrilly, smally, or with an effeminate voice.

1862 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 432/1 ‘We're free! we're free!’ they smally cried.

1958 T. H. White Once & Future King ii. ii. 224 All these noises came up to the two on the tower smally, as though they were listening through the wrong end of a megaphone.

1964 F. O'Rourke Mule for Marquesa 55 Hoover said, ‘Good luck,’ and his words died smally in the thud of seats hitting saddles.

1996 Guardian 1 June (Weekend Suppl.) 62/3 He says, a little smally, ‘teeth. You see teeth.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	smally
释义	smallyadj. Brit. /ˈsmɔːli/, U.S. /ˈsmɔli/, /ˈsmɑli/, Scottish English /ˈsmalɪ/ Forms: 1500s smaly; English regional (northern) 1800s– smally; Scottish 1700s– smally, 1800s smalie, 1800s smallie, 1900s– sma'lie. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: small adj., -y suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < small adj. + -y suffix¹. Perhaps compare also smallie n. †1. Of liquor: weak, small, thin. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > types or qualities of intoxicating liquor > [adjective] > weak or diluted smallc1420 thinc1440 single1483 watered1540 smally1577 distempered1743 shilpit1814 seven-water grog1834 three-water1840 two-water1905 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry ii. f. 88^v They make a drinke called Cyder, and a smaly drinke beside with water. 2. Scottish and English regional (northern). Of a person or animal: small and slight; puny, weakly. Sc. National Dict. (1971) records this sense as still in use in central and southern Scotland in 1970. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] shorta900 littleOE lowa1398 untallc1535 dwarfish1542 shrimpish1549 pygmy1592 shrubby1603 dapper1606 punya1616 runtisha1642 truss1674 sesquipedalian1741 smally1764 petite1766 elfin1796 scram1825 squibbish1826 gnomic1845 dwarf-like1850 knee-high to a grasshopper1851 underhanded1856 nanoid1857 whipping-snapping1861 scrunty1868 midget1875 short-set1883 sawed-off1887 strunty1897 munchkin1930 sawn-off1936 short-arsed1951 1764 Caledonian Mercury 18 Aug. She is a smally girl, speaks Englified, and said she was born in Derby. 1787 J. Elphinston Propriety Ascertained II. iv. 190 A smally laudy iz dhus a shrimp ov a boy. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Smalie, little, puny. 1820 R. Mudie Glenfergus II. 267 On the swaird before the mansion, two smally dry haired ponies were feeding. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 159 A poor smally creature. 1866 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 359 But Jane was our only daughter,..a wee, smally bit thing. 1884 A. W. Buchan Poems of Feeling 98 Kate, smallie was, weel-faur't, wi' a bit lisp That made her lassie-like. 1896 F. M. T. Palsgrave List Words & Phrases Hetton-le-Hole (at cited word) That's a smally bit bairn. 1900 Border Mag. Jan. 14 Jean lookit gey little aside him, but she's a sma'lie craitir. 1909 S. R. Crockett Rose of Wilderness i. 9 Are ye no pinched a wee..? No at the neck? I never saw ye look so smally? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). smallyadv. Brit. /ˈsmɔːli/, U.S. /ˈsmɔli/, /ˈsmɑli/ Forms: Middle English smalliche, Middle English–1500s smaly, Middle English– smally, 1500s smallye, 1500s smaly, 1500s–1600s smallie. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: small adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < small adj. + -ly suffix². 1. In or into small or minute pieces, fragments, etc.; finely, minutely. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] > strictly strait1338 smally1340 at point devicec1390 point-devicec1425 precisely1526 to the point device1542 just1549 rigorously1561 by the square1570 curiously1573 by point device1575 in print1576 to a tittle1597 nicelya1616 to a hair's breadtha1616 point-vice1641 to a nicka1680 to a cow's thumb1681 to a tee1693 narrowly1708 scrupulously1712 to a dot1728 perjinkly1775 to a nicety1795 astringently1866 to a fit1890 the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adverb] > in separated pieces > in small pieces smallumOE smally1578 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [adverb] > into separate parts > small smallOE smally1578 mincingly1598 minutely1599 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 111 (MED) Me ssel recordi zueteliche and smalliche be little stechches alle þe guodnesses of oure lhorde. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 116 Smally, minutim. 1560 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli 2nd Pt. Secretes Alexis of Piemont 86 Foure graines of Ambergrise that bee very smally ground. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 301 His leaves are not so smally cut. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Piouelicare, to drizle, to mizle, or raine smallie. 1610 G. Markham Maister-peece ii. lii. 299 Water wherein..the hearb of arsmanarck hath bin wel sod in, and smally chopt. 1662 J. Chandler tr. F. M. van Helmont in tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike To Rdr. Gold and Silver, how smally soever they may be divided. 1741 Family Mag. 30/1 The yolks of 6 eggs boil'd hard, and smally minced. 1905 P. E. Goddard Morphol. Hupa Lang. 34 He took up something of a liquid or smally divided nature which must be contained in a basket. 2. a. In only a slight or small degree; to a small or limited extent; not much, very little. Now rare. (a) Without modification. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] > to a small extent or slightly lightlyeOE liteOE littleOE a litec1290 smallc1300 softc1390 smally?a1425 slenderlya1513 hoverly1549 remissly1557 slender1581 not half1583 faintly1590 slightly1594 lankly1611 lowly1655 slight1671 nicely1698 weakly1775 sparingly1796 jimply1816 feebly1830 slightually1859 marginally1960 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 114 (MED) Of impetigine & serpigine & azaphati..al þise ar infeccionz of þe skyn vnequale & smaly vlcerose, not mych profoundyng. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. CCv [1532] We thynke their answere will smally please you. 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Qiij^v In case ye smally beleve myne, marke, I praie you, his owne woords. 1568 T. Hill Certaine Husbandly Coniectures iv. f. 63, in Proffitable Arte Gardening (rev. ed.) Weathers ouer olde, are to be refused in eatyng, in that they..smally nourishe. a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 541 It is needlesse, or at least smally to the purpose. 1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 109 I cannot prove..that a Man smally beneficed, must of necessity be dissolute. 1824 P. Sebright Adéle I. v. 229 Nothing was ever more smally indicative of spirit than the face of madame Jonquille. 1905 Railway Conductor Jan. 61/1 To say we enjoyed his visit would ‘smally’ express out feelings. 2007 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Oct. 30 Substituting something that's trivial-but-noisily-immediate for something that's virtuous—even smally virtuous..—breeds an ugly cynicism about virtue itself. (b) Modified by but (see but adv. 2a). ΚΠ 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxviii. 343 This courtesy..dyde the prince to the kynge, the whiche after was but smally rewarded. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iii. f. 28 The hurte of his shoulder, whereof the skinne was but smaly perished. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. ii. §2. 11 Which you doe but smally credite. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. xxv. 42 Seneca quitted the Audience with this but smally satisfactory resolution. 1681 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Med.-philos. Disc. Fermentation ix. 99 The Blood is still circulated, and (tho but smally) is inkindled in the Heart. 1773 Court Let. Writer 140 The yearly income that will genteelly support a single person, will but smally contribute towards the expences of a family. 1834 C. Darwin Zool. Notes (2000) 27 May 220 The funnel case is but smally irritable. 1843 F. Chamier Perils of Beauty III. xxxv. 148 The payments..may perhaps get as low as twenty, nay fifteen, and subject those who invest but smally to a great diminution of income. 1908 Rosary Mag. Apr. 426/1 We get great conceptions of honor, and truth.., and we are not prepared for it when we find they are..but smally found in the lives of those we love. b. With verbs of considering, regarding, etc. Now rare (archaic in later use).Very common from c1550 to c1630. ΚΠ 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clviii. f. clxxv^v In these countreys were dyuers garysons, that smally regarded or obeyed any peace or truce. 1532 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. 213 All such acts made for reformation..be smally regarded. 1562 J. Mountgomery in Archaeologia (1883) 47 220 Ower natiue Inglishe sowldior,..whome wee smallie consider. 1589 T. Cooper Admon. People of Eng. 188 Elias, Micheas, Amos, and other Prophets were smally esteemed, you knowe, among the Israelites. 1609 R. Bernard Faithfull Shepheard (new ed.) 16 They smally account of our translations. 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 303 Smally valuing either Gold, or Pearles as I doe. 1773 A. Vieyra Dict. Portuguese & Eng. Lang. II. at Smally To be smally regarded, ser alguem desprezado, ou pouco estimado. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. V. xvii. 32 They smally account of learning, wisdom, place. †c. not smally: greatly, very much. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] a great dealc1000 much dealc1225 on highc1400 little1483 good and proper1508 not smally1548 a deal1756 in a big way1840 more than somewhat1930 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. sig. O.v^v Sir Rauf Coppinger did aied not smally in saufgard of the standard of our horsmen. 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1597) A iv b Rome eke was not smally inriched by her Orator. 1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. xxx. 60 Not a little auayleable to his..immortall glory, not smally beneficial to y^e Romane Empire. 1610 R. Tofte tr. N. de Montreux Honours Acad. 2 Not smally fortunate did he thinke himselfe. 1677 J. Webster Displaying Supposed Witchcraft xiii. 268 We..have..thereby not smally augmented and advanced this gross and absurd opinion of the power of Witches. 1731 Hyp ii. 25 Lugging a Prize, not smally rated, With Pipes, and best Virginia freighted. 1840 H. W. Herbert Cromwell I. v. 149 His eloquence, his learning, and experience, might indeed minister not smally to the welfare of his country. 3. By a small number; sparsely, scantily. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > fewness > [adverb] scarcec1300 smallya1513 sparse1725 sparsely1796 slimly1801 tenuously1892 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxx. f. lxv^v This swerdman..fand y^e Kyng smally accompanyed. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxlij Besieged the citie of Arques,..whiche was smally defended, and sone gotten. 1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde lxxxii. f. 135 The condition of y^e lande smally inhabited, and ill tilled. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies i. ix. 32 Although it bee in a climate more commodious.., yet is it smally peopled and inhabited. 1698 L. Echard Rom. Hist. II. ii. vi. 508 Whereupon Gallienus with greater Hast than Discretion, left his Post smally accompany'd. 1841 Southern Q. Rev. Dec. 121 To build a cathedral for a smally-populated parish would be idle. 1897 Amer. Univ. Mag. Nov.–Dec. 169/2 The lectures are more or less perfunctory affairs and very smally attended. 1920 Probl. Population & Parenthood 113 A relatively large population in one country, and a small population in another, does mean relative disadvantage to the smally populated country. 4. In small form or extent; slenderly. Chiefly modifying past participles. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adverb] smally1562 small1582 smitch1895 the world > space > shape > condition of being long in relation to breadth > slenderness > [adverb] slightly1521 smally1562 slenderly1591 slight?1677 tenderly1721 slimly1831 1562 in Archæol. Jrnl. (1896) 53 137 One other like ffether being for a mannes head peace alle redde smally garnisshed. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Greslement, thinly, smally, slenderly. 1613 T. Dekker Strange Horse-race sig. C3 As that nut-shell held all Homers Iliads smally written in a peece of Vellum. 1630 Tom Thumbe sig. A3 His shirt..Both light and soft, for those his limbes that were so smally bred. 1842 Court Mag. July 124 In Brick-court..lived Launcelot Hopetown, aged about twenty-four, a very smally made, very high-voiced, very melancholy, very sickly and a very strange young man. 1898 A. Lang in Longman's Mag. Oct. 499 They were beautiful animals, rather smally made and remarkable for their fine mottled hides. 1909 G. Manning Improper Prue iv. 30 He was smally built, this Lothario of five-foot-three, but possessed wiry strength. 1946 B. Marshall George Brown's Schooldays xxx. 128 Abinger moved smally in between them. 2005 B. P. Smith Harvest Tears (2007) iv. 84 A short, smally-built wiry man, he had an enormous ego but possessed a great sense of humor with which to water it down. 5. With low volume; with a small or hesitant voice. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [adverb] > without much noise stilla1225 lowc1275 softc1275 stilledlyc1275 softlyc1330 fairly?a1425 basely1562 piano piano1601 smally1611 pacatelya1652 impercussively1694 pianissimoc1710 deftly1787 suppressedly1825 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Claironner, Speake shrilly, smally, or with an effeminate voice. 1862 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 432/1 ‘We're free! we're free!’ they smally cried. 1958 T. H. White Once & Future King ii. ii. 224 All these noises came up to the two on the tower smally, as though they were listening through the wrong end of a megaphone. 1964 F. O'Rourke Mule for Marquesa 55 Hoover said, ‘Good luck,’ and his words died smally in the thud of seats hitting saddles. 1996 Guardian 1 June (Weekend Suppl.) 62/3 He says, a little smally, ‘teeth. You see teeth.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1577adv.1340
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