单词 | stably |
释义 | † stablyn. Obsolete. 1. Hunting. A besetting of a wood with men, hounds in leash, nets, etc. for the purpose of taking deer, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > beating, etc. stablyc1400 ring-walk1575 breviting1600 battue1816 beat1876 bush-drive1899 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1153 Bot heterly þay were Restayed with þe stablye, þat stoutly ascryed. a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxxv And if þe sette be wyde, þe forseyd forster..shulde warne þe Sherefe of þe Shyre..forto ordeyne stable suffisaunte and kartes eke forto brynge þe deer þat shulde be slayne. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vi. xvi. 1609 As he past..In til huntynge hym to play,..On his gamyn al thouchty, Þe stable [MS. Wemyss staill] and þe setis set. 2. A stand, halt (of armed men). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [noun] > standing with arms presented stablya1500 stand-to-arms1837 a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xxii. 386 And ffrolle the Duke of Almayne come oute after and made his stablie vpon a litill river that is cleped Aroaise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † stablyadj.1 Obsolete. rare. = stable adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective] fasteOE stathelfasteOE anredOE hardOE starkOE trueOE steadfast993 fastredeOE stithc1000 findyOE stablea1275 stathelyc1275 stiffc1275 stablec1290 steel to the (very) backa1300 unbowinga1300 stably13.. firm1377 unmovablea1382 constantc1386 abidingc1400 toughc1400 sure1421 unmoblea1425 unfaintedc1425 unfaint1436 permanent?a1475 stalwartc1480 unbroken1513 immovable1534 inconcuss1542 unshaken1548 stout1569 unwavering1570 undiscourageable1571 fixed1574 discourageable1576 unappalled1578 resolute1579 unremoved1583 resolved1585 unflexiblea1586 unshakeda1586 square1589 unstooping1597 iron1598 rocky1601 steady1602 undeclinable1610 unboweda1616 unfainting1615 unswayed1615 staunch1624 undiscourageda1628 staid1631 unshook1633 blue?1636 true blue?1636 tenacious1640 uncomplying1643 yieldless1651 riveting1658 unshakened1659 inconquerable1660 unyielding1677 unbendinga1688 tight1690 unswerving1694 unfaltering1727 unsubmitting1730 undeviating1732 undrooping1736 impervertible1741 undamped1742 undyingc1765 sturdy1775 stiff as a poker1798 unfickle1802 indivertible1821 thick and thin1822 undisheartened1827 inconvertible1829 straightforward1829 indomitable1830 stickfast1831 unsuccumbing1833 unturnable1847 unswerved1849 undivertible1856 unforsaking1862 swerveless1863 steeve1870 rock-ribbed1884 stiff in the back1897 13.. in Herrig's Archiv LXXIX. 448/10 They stoode with stably steven in mayntenance of Moises law. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2021). stablyadj.2 rare. Characteristic of, having to do with, or pertaining to a stable or stables. Also in combinations, as stably-smelling adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [adjective] > relating to stables stably1851 1851 E. Ward Jrnl. 20 June (1951) iii. 196 Slept at Wortley's on the floor—rather stably. 1864 All Year Round 30 Jan. 539 The boots..belonged to short-haired stably gentlemen in large white overcoats. 1884 E. Yates Recoll. & Experiences I. vii. 251 Fresh air..which..seemed to me to have a somewhat stably twang. 1930 J. Dos Passos 42nd Parallel i. 12 The musty stably smelling herdic cab. 1968 ‘E. McGirr’ Lead-lined Coffin iii. 100 The next [shed] had been a stable years ago: there was still a faint stably whiff attached to it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). stablyadv. In a stable manner, firmly, †steadfastly, †constantly. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adverb] > in a stable manner stably1297 the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adverb] strongeOE fastOE stably1297 strengthlya1400 unabasedlyc1425 unfaintlyc1425 four-squarec1430 strengthilyc1485 determinedlyc1540 resolutely1549 determinately1556 martyr-like1579 resolvedly1587 strongly1591 undauntedly1598 heart and soul1620 fairly and squarely1628 bently1645 decisively1653 supportinglya1664 setly1673 decidedly1770 martyrly1819 immitigably1824 staunchly1825 unshrinkingly1826 unflinchingly1833 hell-bent1863 square1867 fair and square1870 full-bloodedly1898 the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adverb] anredlyOE fastlyOE steadfastly?c1225 stifflyc1290 stably1297 steadfasta1300 stoutly1303 steevely1340 sadlya1375 sturdilyc1374 firm1377 surelyc1380 like a flint1382 tough1398 firmlyc1425 unmovablyc1425 but variancec1430 sad?c1430 immovably1435 toughlyc1450 affirmlya1513 wishly1530 constantly1534 steadily1540 fall back (also flat), fall edge?1553 staidly1571 fixedly1605 indeclinably1624 undeclinably1662 unfalteringly1665 unswervingly1805 unwaveringly1830 indomitably1837 rockily1846 unbendingly1847 indivertibly1853 unshakeablya1864 undyingly1881 unshakenly1882 adamantly1897 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 2611 Þe king..bed hom..þat hii hom vnderstode & stabeliche helde to gadere to sauy þat lond. c1300 Beket (Percy Soc.) 2172 Ac bihet him stabliche [Laud MS. studefastliche] to stonde al at here rede. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 126 Þat Steuen..suld bere coroun & his gyft certeyn be holden stabilly. c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 75 A man þat meynteneþ goddis lawe paciently & stably. c1400 Rule St. Benet (Prose) xlvii. 32 Sho þat þabbes cumandis þis office [of reading], wid mekenes sal sho do it, And stabelike wid-vten pride. a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxvi And if he se an herte stondynge stabely, he muste looke wele what cuntre he shall goo to his leyr. c1440 York Myst. xvii. 140 So shall ȝe stabely vndirstande Þer mynde and þer menyng. a1450 Le Morte Arth. 2663 By-twene you for to make pees Stabully euer for to stonde. 1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) xi. sig. Bviv/1 [He] oonly beholdeth hymselfe, & stondeth stably vpon his owne propre wyll. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Rogation Week i. 236 Consider the huge substaunce of the earth... Howe coulde it so stande stably in the place as it doth, yf [etc.]? 1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. iv. 193 Those are such things as are stably fixed near to the Divinity. 1895 J. Orr in Advance (Chicago) 25 Apr. 1066/1 Rome, stably seated on her seven hills. 1907 Times 5 Feb. 3/5 The Dean..contends that the teaching..ought to be stably standardized. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1400adj.113..adj.21851adv.1297 |
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