tenselyadv.

Brit.

/ˈtɛnsli/, U.S.

/ˈtɛnsli/

Etymology: < tense adj. + -ly suffix².

In a tense manner.

1. Tightly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adverb] > tautly

tensely1782

tautly1824

tensionally1960

1782 A. Monro Ess. Compar. Anat. (ed. 3) 16 in Monro's Anat. Human Bones (new ed.) The cellular part of the peritoneum..is tensely stretched over them.

1839 H. W. Longfellow Beatrice xiv Even as a cross-bow breaks, when 'tis discharged, Too tensely drawn the bow-string and the bow.

1846 N. Hawthorne Mosses i. 89 And girdled tensely..by her virgin zone.

1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner II. xxiii. 127 To keep the thong tensely stretched between his neck and the peak of the saddle.

2. figurative. With intellectual, mental, or nervous strain or tension; intensely.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > tension > [adverb]

tensely1778

fidgetily1880

1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. Digest 2 Mathematics (..perhaps this, in preference to every other science, teaches and habituates Mankind to think systematically and tensely).

1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 220 We left,..deeply moved, and with nerves more tensely strung.

1893 National Observer 23 Dec. 127/2 There are dozens most tensely anxious for the restitution.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tensely
释义	tenselyadv. Brit. /ˈtɛnsli/, U.S. /ˈtɛnsli/ Etymology: < tense adj. + -ly suffix². In a tense manner. 1. Tightly. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adverb] > tautly tensely1782 tautly1824 tensionally1960 1782 A. Monro Ess. Compar. Anat. (ed. 3) 16 in Monro's Anat. Human Bones (new ed.) The cellular part of the peritoneum..is tensely stretched over them. 1839 H. W. Longfellow Beatrice xiv Even as a cross-bow breaks, when 'tis discharged, Too tensely drawn the bow-string and the bow. 1846 N. Hawthorne Mosses i. 89 And girdled tensely..by her virgin zone. 1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner II. xxiii. 127 To keep the thong tensely stretched between his neck and the peak of the saddle. 2. figurative. With intellectual, mental, or nervous strain or tension; intensely. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > tension > [adverb] tensely1778 fidgetily1880 1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. Digest 2 Mathematics (..perhaps this, in preference to every other science, teaches and habituates Mankind to think systematically and tensely). 1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 220 We left,..deeply moved, and with nerves more tensely strung. 1893 National Observer 23 Dec. 127/2 There are dozens most tensely anxious for the restitution. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1778
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