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单词 solely
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solelyadv.

/ˈsəʊlli/
Forms: α. 1500s sooly, 1500s–1600s solye, solie, 1500s–1700s soly (1600s solly, soley). β. Middle English– solely.
Etymology: < sole adj. + -ly suffix2.
1.
a. As a single person (or thing); without any other as an associate, partner, sharer, etc.; alone; occasionally, without aid or assistance. (Cf. sole adj. 4.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > condition of being alone > [adverb] > by oneself
by oneself (himself, themselves, etc.)eOE
myself one (also alone)a1300
of oneselfc1450
sole1450
post alone1478
solely1495
high-lone1533
myselfc1540
lone1613
solus cum solo1742
on one's ownio1908
on one's Pat Malone1908
on one's lonely(-o)1919
on one's ownsome1921
on one's jack1931
on one's tod1934
α.
1539 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 71 That none of the foure complexions haue sooly..dominion in one man.
1542–3 Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII c. 5 §4 Any act or actes lawfully executed in his life by him self solye.
1591 T. Lodge Catharos f. 3 Who meanes to sit solie on Olympus, must suffer no climers.
1606 G. W. tr. Epit. Liues Emperors in tr. Justinus Hist. sig. Ll ij The younger Andronicus gouerned solye.
1622 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 146 By the Persians turnd outt of all, and they left solly possessors.
1637 Decree Starre-Chamber conc. Printing vii. sig. C4 Any Copy, book or books,..which the..Company of Stationers..haue the right..soly to print.
β. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 52 §1 The landes and tenementis that he held solely or joyntly with other.1611 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 243 Solyman shall..be driuen to leaue Asia, to be again by you solie possessed.a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. 0. 4 Now..Honors thought Reignes solely in the breast of euery man. View more context for this quotation1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 55 But grant, that they will defend themselves, tell me, will they doe it solely or joyntly?1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires i. i. 6 Broken with Toils,..The Soldier thinks the Merchant solely blest.1806–31 A. Knox Remains (1844) I. 61 Those who..would think themselves solely qualified to mend the Established Church.1860 J. B. Mozley Univ. Serm. (1877) vii. 151 Is it true that habit, solely and of itself, does produce positive inclination?
b. Apart from or unaccompanied by others; solitarily. Obsolete. rare.In quot. a1616 passing into adjective.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > condition of being alone > [adverb]
singlya1300
alonely1307
singularlya1340
by oddc1480
solely1582
solitarilya1641
uniquely1831
tout seul1926
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 64 Thus father Æneas soly..His long dryrye viadge..chaunted.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. iii. 17 Leaue me solely: goe, See how he fares. View more context for this quotation
2. Only, merely, exclusively; also (contextually), entirely, altogether.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > only one > [adverb]
onea1200
soulement?c1225
onlepilyc1275
onlepyc1350
alone?c1400
oddlyc1400
allenarly1444
sole1562
solely1588
exclusively1650
singly1655
uniquely1793
the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] > entirely, altogether, or completely
righteOE
allingOE
outlyOE
allOE
throughoutlyc1175
allingsa1225
throughouta1225
thoroughc1225
albedenec1300
outc1300
quitelyc1330
all-whollya1375
most widelya1382
all wholea1393
all-thinga1398
algate?a1400
algatesc1405
thoroughly1442
mainly1550
outrighta1560
outrightly1642
solely1710
teetotally1832
bodaciously1833
teetotaciously1833
orl1864
α.
1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. f. 14 It shall suffise me soly to aduise and counsell, that thou bring them vpp in the feare and loue of God.
1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia i. i Soly through desire of publique rule, Rome and the earth are waxen all as one.
1628 J. Doughty Church Schismes in Disc. Divine Myst. 13 Like hote furious spirits abroad, who delight soly in fights and vproares.
1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 241 God's Miraculous Works never come forth (like a Jugler's tricks) soly to make men stare and wonder.
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 84 The Deluge..was not solely levelled against Mankind, but principally against the Earth that then was.
1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes iii. 155 The setting out of Tithes, as well as the payment of them, was soly left to the Consciences of men.
β. 1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 37 This diversity proceeds solely from the diversity of the substance.1792 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 387 I cannot say it was written solely with a view to the service of that party. I hope its views were more general.1823 J. Marshall Writings upon Federal Constit. (1839) 264 Spain did not rest her title solely on the grant of the Pope.1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. v. 152 In all his acts, he relied solely on himself.1885 Manch. Examiner 21 Feb. 5/3 The questions at issue do not relate solely to Egypt and the Soudan.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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