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单词 stably
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stablyn.

Forms: Also Middle English stable.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman establie (latinized stabilia , stabilea , stablea : see G. J. Turner, Sel. Pleas of Forest, Gloss.), < establir to station, establish v. Compare medieval Latin stabilitiones venationum (Domesday Book).
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

Etymology: < Old French establi, past participle of establir : see stable v.1, stablish v., estable v., establish v.
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

Brit. /ˈsteɪbli/, /ˈsteɪbl̩i/, U.S. /ˈsteɪb(ə)li/
Forms: Also stabley.
Etymology: < stable n.1 + -y suffix1.
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.

Brit. /ˈsteɪbli/, /ˈsteɪbl̩i/, U.S. /ˈsteɪb(ə)li/
Forms: Middle English stabliche, stabili, stabeliche, stab(e)li, stabely, stabilly, stabilli, stabelike, stabelly, stabyly, stabully, 1500s stabilie, Middle English– stably.
Etymology: < stable adj. + -ly suffix2.
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).
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