单词 | supernally |
释义 | supernallyadv. 1. Upwards; above; at the top or highest point. 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 upc888 upwardsc890 upwardOE anovewardOE countermount1513 upwith1513 supernally1596 headward1786 upwardly1816 upways1890 up-along1963 1596 A. Copley Fig for Fortune 82 A suddaine Zephire-gale blew from the steeple Sollicting our eyes supernally. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 35/2 They thrust the same alonge the finger supernallye or vpwardes. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 4/2 Tye it supernally on the crowne of your heade. 1788 T. Taylor tr. Proclus Philos. & Math. Comm. I. 159 To survey its whole series, beginning supernally, ending in inferiors. 1864 Daily South Carolinian (Columbia, S. Carolina) 3 July The bent and rippling grass Where once her buoyant form, alas! Was wont supernally to pass. 1949 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 29 333/1 Perennial herb..stem..infernally about 2.5 mm, supernally ± 1.5 mm, thick. 1992 B. L. Knapp Images of Chinese Women vii. 149 He has no sense of commitment toward anything or anyone and merely floats supernally. 2. a. By divine or supernatural means; celestially; divinely. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adverb] heavenlyOE ethereally1616 supernally1621 heavenlike1832 celestially1848 paradisiacally1881 1621 J. Taylor Superbiæ Flagellum sig. D2v For it with Pride can neuer be infected, But humbly is supernally protected. a1788 J. Wesley & C. Wesley Poet. Wks. (1868) XI. (Luke xii. 27) 491 Supernally strengthen'd to bear The sight of the terrible hour, My weakness I humbly declare. 1800 J. Milner Lett. to Prebendary ii. 23 The church..is..supernally assisted in preserving and teaching the truths that were originally revealed to her. 1891 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 29 53 Relating to man, whether as supernally or humanly ruled. 1924 J. B. Cabell Straws & Prayer-bks. vi. 178 Somewhere may exist supernally an alloverbrooding common-sense aware that the upshot of any man's life is a matter most profitably forgotten. 1978 J. H. Finley Homer's Odyssey v. 108 In the morning the four nymphs supernally array bath, clothing, chair, table, wine, and food. 2002 C. Straw in M. Cormack Sacrificing Self iii. 42 Christians had willingly renounced earthly power, believing that God would act supernally on their behalf. b. colloquial. In weakened sense: supremely, exceedingly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > in the greatest degree or most > in or to the highest degree principallyc1390 speciallya1425 consummately1529 extremelya1533 out1555 pre-eminently1590 superlatively1596 supremely1597 supereminently1610 super-superlatively1632 ad extremum1640 highest1726 supernally1874 1874 Little Rock (Arkansas) Daily Republican 19 Feb. When he can get the newspaper fraternity on the hip he is supernally happy. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 5 Feb. 2/1 Supernally floury potatoes. 1935 L. B. Wright Middle-class Culture Elizabethan Eng. iii. xi. 385 The heroes are brave and generous, the heroines are supernally beautiful, virtuous, and wise. 1950 K. Amis Let. 30 July (2000) 235 I couldn't before pay you back the £5 (for which I am supernally grateful). 2003 Publishers Weekly Rev. (Nexis) 14 July 61 A blue-skinned supernally endowed warrior hunk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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