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单词 sprucely
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sprucelyadv.

Brit. /ˈspruːsli/, U.S. /ˈsprusli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spruce adj.2, -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < spruce adj.2 + -ly suffix2.
In a spruce manner; smartly, trimly, neatly, attractively.
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the world > relative properties > order > [adverb] > tidily
trimly1534
neatly1581
sprucely1598
trigly1728
gash1806
tidily1870
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adverb] > neatly or trimly
feata1525
pickedlya1528
trimly1534
trim1544
netly1564
neata1578
neatly1577
smugly?1578
deftly1579
neatly1581
trickly1581
trick1594
sprucely1598
spruce?1605
comptly1611
snogly1615
spruntly1631
queemly1703
snodly1721
trigly1728
tidilya1756
natty1810
spick and span1815
tightly1825
featly1834
jemmily1837
nattily1849
dapperly1858
snappily1936
1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres iii, in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 51 Vnder that fayre Ruffe so sprucely set Appeares a fall, a falling-band forsooth.
1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 186 We see men..who wast all their tyme..in striuing to haue their stockings sprucely put on.
1677 E. Browne Acct. Trav. Germany 179 Every Bastion is sprucely kept and covered within with green Turf.
1719 tr. Erasmus Pope Julius II (London ed.) 14 What is the meaning of those youthful effeminate Attendants of yours, so sprucely deck'd and trim'd up?
1788 Amicable Quixote II. xvi. 158 Jewels, feathers, ribbands too obviously or too sprucely displayed..were all prohibited by this rigid censor of female superiority.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. iv. 82 As you walk forth freshly and sprucely dressed.
1875 R. W. Emerson Lett. & Social Aims 44 A small, well-worn, sprucely brushed vocabulary serves him.
1941 Washington (Washington State Hist. Soc.) iii. 371 Below the hill the buildings are sprucely painted.
1971 Times 27 Nov. 11/8 The orchestral music is sprucely played.
2002 T. Cox Nice Jumper (2003) 86 He was always sprucely dressed—one of the few kids who wore trousers, not jeans, on Non-uniform Day.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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