单词 | specifically |
释义 | specificallyadv. 1. In respect of specific or inherent qualities: a. Of likeness or difference. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adverb] > characteristically or in terms of specific qualities distinctively1610 characteristicallya1622 specifically1624 distinguishingly1649 all1881 1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 48 One thing is said to be another, which cannot be individually or specifically the same. 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 209 This hath one kinde of forme, that hath another, therefore this doth specifically differ from that. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe Pref. sig. ***v There is a Substance Specifically distinct from Body. 1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers vi. i. 414 Judgement is an act of the mind, specifically different from simple apprehension. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xi. 370 During the newer Pliocene period,..and whilst the majority of the inhabitants of the world were specifically the same as now. 1877 E. R. Conder Basis of Faith iv. 182 Other minds generically like, but specifically unlike, my own. b. Of comparative weight. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > [adverb] > in respect of specific gravity specifically1692 1692 R. Bentley Confut. Atheism from Struct. & Origin Humane Bodies: Pt. II 10 If an Axhead be supposed to float upon water, which is specifically much lighter than it. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Pores If they had not [pores], all Bodies would be alike specifically weighty. 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 331 The waters are said to be specifically lighter than most others. 1796 S. Vince Princ. Hydrostat. vii. 94 The vapours..become specifically heavier than the medium wherein they floated. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 152 The cold water becoming specifically lighter and rising to the surface. c. In other contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adverb] subjectively?a1450 subjectlyc1475 interiouslya1513 habitually1597 substantively1598 inhesivelyc1600 inherently1601 intrinsically1602 interiorly1633 substantially1642 immanently1657 specificallya1676 internally1819 inwardly1884 a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. ii. 44 I shall not at large discuss those Faculties and Organs which he hath in common with Vegetables and Brutes, but those only that belong to him specifically as Man. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind iii. 54 The gesture language appears not to be specifically affected by differences in the race or climate of those who use it. 1894 J. Denney Stud. Theol. v. 103 This conjunction of ideas is specially but not specifically Pauline. 2. In a specific or definite form or manner. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adverb] precisely1532 specificativelyc1600 specifically1646 specificly1650 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 95 [They] seem specifically and in regular shapes to attend the corruption of their bodyes. View more context for this quotation 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 32 The Plant..may be specifically discern'd in each..Seed. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 335 A deed of defeazance..upon events specifically mentioned. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 32 The law by which this royal family is specifically destined to the succession. View more context for this quotation 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. ii. v. 120 Is there any man here that dare specifically accuse me? 1870 J. Bruce Life Gideon xxiii. 419 It is well to have ascertained, thus specifically, how deep-seated..is our spiritual disease. 1891 Law Times 92 105/2 The lady had contracted specifically with a view to bind definite separate estate. 3. In something of the same kind. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [adverb] > in something of the same kind specifically1780 1780 Jefferson in J. Sparks Corr. Amer. Revol. (1853) III. 177 These articles shall be either identically or specifically returned, should we prove successful. 4. In a special manner. Chiefly Medicine. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [adverb] > in special manner specifically1801 1801 in Med. Jrnl. 8 90 That all medicines act specifically upon one or more parts of the body. 1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm (1867) vi. 121 A dispensation of moral exercise, specifically adapted to the temper and power of the individual. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VI. 304 Nearly all authors agree that syphilitic arteritis is much more likely to occur in persons who have not been specifically treated. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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