superfinelyadv.

Brit.

/ˈsuːpəfʌɪnli/,

/ˈsjuːpəfʌɪnli/,

/ˌsuːpəˈfʌɪnli/,

/ˌsjuːpəˈfʌɪnli/, U.S.

/ˈˌsupərˈˌfaɪnli/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: superfine adj., -ly suffix²; super- prefix, finely adv.

Etymology: Partly < superfine adj. + -ly suffix², and partly < super- prefix + finely adv.

In a superfine manner; to a superfine degree; esp. with excessive refinement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adverb]

over-delicately1357

preciouslyc1430

daintethlyc1440

pickedlya1528

finely1542

nicely1547

fastidiously?1555

daintily1561

curiously1573

sizely?1578

fine1579

overnicely1582

squeamishly1606

finically1659

just so1683

superfinely1693

hypercritically1715

meticulously1900

1693 W. Freke Sel. Ess. xix. 106 Their Picking of Straws, Notions so idle, and yet so particular and superfinely nice.

1709 ‘B. Slush’ Navy Royal 77 To express it more Superfinely, I will fly a little out of the Circle of my Vocation.

1849 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 29 Dec. Nothing so ambitiously rhetorical or superfinely sentimental that it is necessary to turn it into plan English to make it intelligible.

1884 Homiletic Monthly Aug. 640/2 A superfinely genteel and affected audience.

1964 Times 26 June 6/7 As for her singing, it was superfinely moulded in line and radiant in tone.

2004 J. C. Whittaker Amer. Flintknappers 57 The superfinely flaked points and eccentric forms made by Warren and other modern knappers are similarly ambiguous artifacts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	superfinely
释义	superfinelyadv. Brit. /ˈsuːpəfʌɪnli/, /ˈsjuːpəfʌɪnli/, /ˌsuːpəˈfʌɪnli/, /ˌsjuːpəˈfʌɪnli/, U.S. /ˈˌsupərˈˌfaɪnli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: superfine adj., -ly suffix²; super- prefix, finely adv. Etymology: Partly < superfine adj. + -ly suffix², and partly < super- prefix + finely adv. In a superfine manner; to a superfine degree; esp. with excessive refinement. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adverb] over-delicately1357 preciouslyc1430 daintethlyc1440 pickedlya1528 finely1542 nicely1547 fastidiously?1555 daintily1561 curiously1573 sizely?1578 fine1579 overnicely1582 squeamishly1606 finically1659 just so1683 superfinely1693 hypercritically1715 meticulously1900 1693 W. Freke Sel. Ess. xix. 106 Their Picking of Straws, Notions so idle, and yet so particular and superfinely nice. 1709 ‘B. Slush’ Navy Royal 77 To express it more Superfinely, I will fly a little out of the Circle of my Vocation. 1849 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 29 Dec. Nothing so ambitiously rhetorical or superfinely sentimental that it is necessary to turn it into plan English to make it intelligible. 1884 Homiletic Monthly Aug. 640/2 A superfinely genteel and affected audience. 1964 Times 26 June 6/7 As for her singing, it was superfinely moulded in line and radiant in tone. 2004 J. C. Whittaker Amer. Flintknappers 57 The superfinely flaked points and eccentric forms made by Warren and other modern knappers are similarly ambiguous artifacts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1693
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