| 单词 | stealingly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈstealingly ˈstealingly adv. now rare stealthily, furtively, so as to elude observation.Very common in the 16th and 17th centuries. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb] softlyc1225 by stalea1240 privilya1250 slylyc1275 thieflyc1290 stealingly13.. by stealth1390 stalworthlya1400 theftfullyc1400 theftlyc1400 theftuouslyc1400 under veilc1425 thievishly?c1450 by theft1488 quietly1488 furtively1490 by surreption1526 hugger-muggera1529 in hugger-mugger1529 underhand1538 insidiously1545 creepingly1548 surreptiously1573 underboard1582 filchingly1583 sneakingly1598 underwater1600 slipperily1603 thief-likea1625 clandestinely1632 surreptitiously1643 thievously1658 clancularly1699 stownlins1786 stealthily1806 underhandedly1806 stolen-wise1813 on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818 round-the-corner1820 underhanded1823 stealthfully1828 slinkingly1830 slippingly1830 on the sneak?1863 sneakishly1867 behind backs1874 stalkingly1891 on the side1893 under the counter1926 underground1935 under the table1938 down and dirty1959 sneakily1966 13.. K. Alis. 5080 Many of his men..Agein kyng Alisaunder hestes, Stelendelich dronken of this lake. c1400 Ragman Roll 62 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 72 And now cometh age, foo to your beauté, And stelyngly it wastyth stownde-mele. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 473/2 Stelyngly, or theefly, furtive, latrocinaliter. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. ix. sig. t.iii v Whan ony clerke receyueth holy orders stelyngly. 1596 R. Linche Dom Diego in Diella sig. F6 And stealingly there glides with heauy pace A Riuolet of Pearle along her face. 1603 T. Dekker et al. Patient Grissill sig. Gv, (stage direct.) Enter Grissill stealingly. ?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome iii. iii. 381 And in this case likewise he must proceed as it were stealingly, sweetly and slowly, by little and little and almost insensiblie, leuiter & lentè. 1693 W. Bates Serm. Several Occasions viii. 278 A Disease neglected at first, that stealingly slips into the Habit of the Body,..becomes a last uncontroulable and incurable. a1843 R. Southey in Fraser's Mag. (1868) LXXVII. 731 The means wherewith he would stealingly attempt this change. < as lemmas |
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