单词 | spaciously |
释义 | spaciouslyadv. 1. With much space; in a spacious place. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adverb] > roomily > in a spacious place spaciouslya1382 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. xxx. 23 Ther shul be fed in thi possessioun in that day the lomb spaciously [L. spatiose]. 1651 W. Davenant Gondibert i. vi. 38 Most spaciously we dwell. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 98/2 He can..receive strangers handsomely and spaciously. 1788 C. Cordiner & P. Mazell Remarkable Ruins I. (Ruthven Castle) The officers had been spaciously lodged; and the barracks would accomodate a hundred men with ease. 1805 Ann. Rev. 1804 3 i. 62/2 The national library, though spaciously lodged and conveniently arranged, is to occupy rooms in the Louvre of a more stately exterior appearance. 1846 Christian Guardian Nov. 500/1 I may soon fancy you all more spaciously and picturesquely situated. 1928 G. M. Wrong Rise & Fall New France II. xxiv. 649 Compared with many French peasants he was spaciously housed. 2000 Builder (Nexis) 15 Mar. 102 Main living is spaciously accommodated on the first level, with 8-foot ceilings in each guest bedroom and the dining room. 2. So as to comprehend or cover much space; extensively. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adverb] > with vast extent abroadc1300 largelya1398 widely1579 spaciously1598 broadly1599 amply?1611 heaven-wide?1611 spacious1615 extensively1736 extendedly1806 worldwide1836 vastily1844 amplitudinously1921 1598 F. Meres tr. Luis de Granada Sinners Guyde ii. i. vii. 398 This sinne [sc. Envy] is one of the mightiest and most dangerous, and which most spaciously dominereth throughout the whole world. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 2 A rough and desart countrey..spaciously extended euen as far as vnto the Arympheians. 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Rrr2v/2 A Thing that spreads spaciously. 1745 G. S. Green tr. N.-F. Dupré de Saint-Maur State of Innocence 259 The Maker, who built so spaciously..that Man may know he lives in an Edifice too large for him to fill. 1795 C. Este Journey through Flanders 223 They may get an example nearer home, in what the Elector Palatine did when he enlarged and finished what antiquity, less spaciously, had began. 1806 J. Carr Stranger in Ireland xiii. 317 The most beautiful streets..are spaciously laid out. 1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 625 Membranaceous and internally spatiously cellular. 1960 N. Bentwich Israel Resurgent (rev. ed.) 17 Residential suburbs are spread spaciously over the plateau. 1998 Telegraph & Gaz. (Mass.) (Nexis) 8 Apr. 1 The course..extends spaciously over 220 rolling acres. 3. Amply; greatly. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > to a great extent, largely, or extensively substantiallya1425 ample1481 amply1481 greatly1579 supernaculum1599 spaciously1608 extensively1736 largely1785 wholesalely1843 fatly1866 majorly1929 1608 T. Middleton Mad World, my Masters ii. sig. B4 Your honour in [sic] most spatiously welcome. a1668 W. Davenant Distresses iv. i, in Wks. (1673) iii. 51/1 Though not spaciously Possess'd of Lands, his Honor..May equal any Mans. 1908 Homiletic Rev. 56 192 Never was the fact of spiritual energy..more splendidly and spaciously illustrated than in the history of the Church. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] amply1442 copiously1534 spaciously1614 enlargedly1625 voluminously1633 exuberantly1782 expansively1839 luxuriantly1840 1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 14 Good Lord, how spaciously might a learned pen walke in this argument? 1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 29 So spaciously did Chizzola dilate in speaking of the opinion of the Lawyers. 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 8 Those News-mongers were oblig'd to write spaciously, or a great deal. 1733 Apol. for Sir R. Sutton 50 I doubt not, but he may there, without Spectacles, discover the Tempter who drew him in, and find him spaciously characteriz'd. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adverb] roomlyOE freelyOE unsparelya1225 largelyc1225 largec1350 liberallyc1410 unsparinglya1500 beneficially1530 bounteously1531 plenteously1535 frankly1551 well1565 well-favouredly1570 bountifully1580 prodigally1590 amply1594 munificently1594 royally1601 prodigal1603 generously1623 ungrudginglya1631 lavishly1769 unstintingly1857 spaciously1864 open-handedly1924 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xi. 100 ‘How Do You Like London?.. You find it Very Large?’ said Mr. Podsnap, spaciously. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1382 |
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