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单词 sublimely
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sublimelyadv.

Brit. /səˈblʌɪmli/, U.S. /səˈblaɪmli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sublime adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < sublime adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare classical Latin sublimiter to or at a great height, in a grand or elevated tone, Middle French, French sublimement in an exalted manner, nobly, grandly (1564).
1. In the manner of a sublimation (sublimation n. 1a); like vapour. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
a1599 R. Rollock Lect. Hist. Passion (1616) xli. 404 When thus way by checking, Hee hath beaten downe the imaginations..and cogitations that sublimely rose out of the minde.
2. Frequently poetic. At or to a great height; aloft, on high. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > high position > [adverb]
upc888
highOE
highlyOE
thereupc1000
anovenOE
overOE
boveOE
on, upon (the) lofta1100
aloftc1175
bibufennc1175
on higha1200
abovec1225
anovenonc1300
in heighta1340
on or upon height1340
ahighc1350
outh1389
over loftc1430
aheight1477
supernally1596
lofty-like1604
sublimely1625
way up1843
thereabove1891
the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in upward direction > to a height
sublimely1625
1625 D. Lindsay Godly Mans Iourney to Heauen ii. 303 The Christian mans soule flies not onely swiftly, but also sublimely, and so both farre and high.
1648 R. Boyle Some Motives Love of God §14. 89 His soveraign Tranquillity is so sublimely plac'd, that 'tis above the reach of all Disquieting Impressions.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 498 Sublimely seated, he surveys from far The Fields, the Camp, the Fortune of the War.
1734 London Mag. July 383/2 On thick trees sublimly placed, Take daily some poor wild repast.
1797 J. A. Graham Descriptive Sketch Vermont vii. 50 The gigantic form of the East Mountain, sublimely towering between it and Stratton.
1825 H. S. Boyd tr. Aeschylus in Eclectic Rev. 43 Such is the rigid dispensation of the Gods, on their hallowed thrones sublimely seated.
1885 G. L. Taylor Elijah the Reformer (ed. 2) 20 That regal throne, sublimely raised amid the mimic spheres.
1905 Liberal Rev. Sept. 463 Where gorgeous clouds sublimely soar In massive columns wide unrolled, And storms arrayed embattled roar!
3.
a. In an exalted manner, style, or form; nobly; grandly; to a sublime extent. Hence: perfectly, supremely.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adverb] > loftily or grandiloquently
loftily1548
loftly1598
tragically1602
magnificently1630
sublimely1631
grandiloquently1821
soundingly1843
magniloquently1849
largely1857
1631 W. Watts tr. St. Augustine Confessions iii. vii. 127 That Rule of Righteousnesse, to which those good and holy men obeyed, did farre more excellently and sublimely [L. longe excellentius atque sublimius] containe all those things which God commanded.
1663 A. Cowley Cutter of Coleman-St. iv. vi. 49 Ha! ha! ha! Sublimely fantastical.
1693 W. Congreve tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xi. 230 Verse so sublimely good, no Voice can wrong.
1721 C. Cibber Refusal iv. 80 The blind Homer of this British isle, in rhymeless harmony, sublimely sings.
1792 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina (new ed.) i. v. 47 How sublimely rise to view..yon magnolian groves.
1816 T. L. Peacock Headlong Hall vii. 97 The sublimely romantic pass of Aberglaslynn.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede II. ii. xvii. 8 There are..few sublimely beautiful women.
1882 Harper's Mag. July 306/1 The mighty Handelian choruses rolled sublimely forth from a host of three thousand voices.
1918 Art World Mar. 508/1 At sunset, wonderfully colored, sublimely composed clouds turn the sky into an awe-inspiring..oratorio of forms, lines and colors.
1968 F. Exley Fan's Notes (1985) 206 I might..now be a farm-implement salesman living sublimely content in Shaker Heights.
1999 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 31 Jan. 17/2 His [sc. Jackson Pollock's] celebrated ‘drip paintings’..have been interpreted as everything from sublimely lyrical works of art to violent assaults on the whole tradition of painting.
b. In ironic use, with reference to undesirable qualities: completely, utterly. Cf. sublime adj. 5b.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] > completely, quite, or absolutely
faira1325
quitec1330
full outa1382
straightly1395
absolutely?a1425
quitementa1450
rightc1450
twighta1500
cleara1522
plain1535
flat1577
sincerely1583
clever1664
cleverly1696
sublimely1722
square1862
quaite1864
fucking A1960
1722 Coll. Misc. Lett. Mist's Weekly Jrnl. I. xliii. 115 That any Man..under the glorious Light of the Scripture, could have been so sublimely ignorant and dark?
1770 London Mag. Aug. 426/1 The present [poet]..is so sublimely bad, that we are absolutely at a loss to distinguish him.
1846 E. Stirling Jockey Club i. i. 13 Fit. My dear Mr. Macassar you are a pump. Pop. Sublimely stupid!
1884 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 443/1 Of this difficulty our Saxon-loving friends..are sublimely unconscious.
1910 Cent. Mag. June 222/2 He was sublimely egotistical, and seemed to delight in parading his conceit.
1968 L. Blanch Journey into Mind's Eye iii. ix. 145 But you're..so sentimental and têtue, so sublimely silly, I do believe you would do what the Dekabrist wives did.
2004 J. T. Lescroart Second Chair iv. 61 He stood leaning against the front of the jury box,..sublimely indifferent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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