单词 | superciliously |
释义 | superciliouslyadv. In a supercilious manner; with an air of contemptuous indifference or superiority. Formerly also: †dictatorially, dogmatically, censoriously (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [adverb] dignelyc1374 hautainlyc1400 deignouslyc1440 disdaininglyc1485 royally?c1500 disdainouslya1513 haughtly1523 superciliously1528 disdainishly?1529 disdainfullya1533 disdainedly1535 lordlikea1555 squeamishly1571 haughtily1572 state1579 coy1581 lordly1589 overly1610 lordlily1611 condescendingly1653 on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672 coyly1673 cavalierly1718 slightily1740 skeigh1792 patronizingly1834 Olympically1839 superiorly1844 Olympianly1871 superior1891 society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adverb] > domineeringly or overbearingly masterfully1395 masterlyc1425 masterlikec1450 superciliously1528 imperiously1536 dictator-like1581 magistrallya1603 lordlily1611 Nestoriously1620 magisterially1625 magistratically1650 magisteriously1673 domineeringly1684 dictatorially1731 dictatorily1788 overbearingly1824 high-handedly1867 1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. Aii Whan they haue ones superciliusly caught A lytell ragge of Rethorike. 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne v. iii, in Wks. I. 590 Set your faces, and looke superciliously, while I present you. View more context for this quotation a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 40 Some binde themselves exactly, rigidly, superciliously, yea superstitiously to the number of foure. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 198 He talks most superciliously, and with the greatest assurance. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 96 The Earl..who was a punctual man in point of Honour, receiv'd this Address superciliously enough. 1709 J. Swift Vindic. I. Bickerstaff 3 If Men of publick Spirit must be superciliously treated for their ingenuous Attempts, how will true useful Knowledge be ever advanced? 1799 H. More Strict. Mod. Syst. Fem. Educ. (ed. 4) I. Introd. p. xviii Let it not be suspected..that she superciliously erects herself into the impeccable censor of her sex and of the world. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall II. 15 It is absurd in a country like England..for any man to assume an aristocratical tone, and to talk superciliously of the common people. 1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story I. i. 6 The proprietors [of the shops] were decorously pompous—the shopmen superciliously polite. 1865 M. E. Braddon Only a Clod III. xl. 238 Harcourt smiled superciliously. ‘I am not afraid of you.’ 1926 J. Buchan Dancing Floor i. 10 When I came first to London it was the foolish fashion of young men not to dance, but to lounge superciliously in doorways. 2000 Scotsman (Nexis) 8 Nov. 9 He smirks superciliously, raises one eyebrow smugly, and returns to his newspaper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1528 |
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