单词 | sovereignly |
释义 | sovereignlyadj. rare. Befitting a sovereign. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > [adjective] reala1325 rialc1330 principala1382 royalc1405 princely?a1510 monarchical?1573 monarchal?1585 monarchic1604 monarchial1788 majestarian1847 sovereignly1884 1884 J. Parker Apostolic Life III. 298 He quietly, with sovereignly tone, says, ‘Not now’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). sovereignlyadv. In a sovereign manner. 1. In a supreme degree; in a surpassing or pre-eminent manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [adverb] sovereignlyc1340 excellentlyc1400 by (an, way of) excellencec1450 transcendingly1528 exquisitely1535 precellently?1567 divinely1582 par excellence1584 pre-eminently1590 superlatively1596 surpassing1598 by (way of) eminency1608 superexcellently1615 by (way of) eminence1621 transcendently1623 surpassingly1658 exquisitively1660 par eminence1823 heavenlike1832 transcendentally1870 α. β. c1430 Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 457 Al his hert..To loue hir was sett souereignelie.1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxxxi. [clxxvii.] 549 Soueraygnely there ought none to enterprise any mater there.1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. ii. viii. 31 But soueraignlie the Sonne of Ioue bestird him in the presse.a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) i. ii. 325 I cannot Beleeue this Crack to be in my dread Mistresse (So soueraignely being Honorable). View more context for this quotation1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God 16 He was soveraignly lovely in himself.1715 Ash Serm. for S.P.G. 9 The other more exalted charity..sovereignly heals all the maladies and infirmities of a corrupt nature.1768 Woman of Honor II. 38 She possesses sovereignly the talent of declining offers without offence.1834 M. Edgeworth Helen III. xii. 247 An expression which had sovereignly taken her fancy.1856 J. Doran Knights & their Days 182 Alien knights who were expected to render obedience, and could not sovereignly exert it.1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors III. x. 210 She was a girl sovereignly pure, angelically tender.γ. c1400 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (1908) 91 The whiche clennes we oweth souerenly to desire.1432 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 19 Þat it may be pleasauns and louyng to hym soueranly.1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 299 He, for his dedis worthy, Suld weill be prisit soueranly.δ. 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 45 In þe worchep..souerengly of þe Noble confessour seynt Antony.a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 135 Therfor good rennoune is Souerantly to be desyrid.?a1500 Chester Pl. i. 57 Wee thanke the lorde, full soverayntlie that us hath formed so cleane and cleare.c1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 8777 And þat land es cald soveraynly Þe kyngdom of God alle-myghty. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xi. 176 [Christ] comaundeth eche creature..hym to louye, And souereynelyche pore poeple. c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 99 Þe kynde of þe þinges abown shall drawe hym soueraynly to þe craft þat accordes to hem. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 9 Many spyrtys it counfortyth souvereynly. a1550 in R. Dyboski Songs, Carols & Other Misc. Poems (1908) 2 Soueraynly in mynd she is with me. 1574 St. Avstens Manuell in Certaine Prayers S. Augustines Medit. sig. Niiijv Thou art good without qualitie, & therfore..souereinly good. 2. With supremacy or supreme power; royally; as a sovereign. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [adverb] > with supreme authority sovereignlyc1375 supremelyc1475 imperially1479 imperiously1593 society > authority > [adverb] > with royal or princely authority reallya1375 sovereignlyc1375 riallya1387 regallya1450 royally?c1500 sovranly1832 c1375 Leg. Rood (1871) 124 A nobill king..Was gouernowre of grete empire Souerainly als lord and syre. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy ii. 1064 Wher I hym leue in his royal sete Souereynly regnynge in quiete. 1471 J. Fortescue Wks. (1869) 533 I wrote how that me semyd no woman ought soveranly or suppremely to reynge vpon man. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Presidial Courts of Iustice..wherein ciuile causes are heard, and adiudged, Soueraignely, and with~out Appeales. 1643 Case Affairs Law, Relig., etc. 12 The superiority that is but subordinately in them is soveraignely in the Parliament. 1692 S. Patrick Answer to Touchstone of Reformed Gospel 96 None but God can absolutely and sovereignly forgive sin. 1741 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses II. v. 410 A King who should determine sovereignly and command their armies. 1793 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy (abridged ed.) xxxiv. 176 [Women] often rule more effectually, more sovreignly than man. 1883 Mem. Vol. Rev. A. M‘Lean 231 How sovereignly the Lord of Misrule sways his sceptre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1884adv.c1340 |
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