单词 | throughly |
释义 | throughlyadv. Now rare (chiefly regional). 1. Fully, completely, perfectly; in all respects; = thoroughly adv. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] > completely or thoroughly welleOE furtherlyc1175 through and through?1316 perfectlya1400 radically?a1425 roundly?a1425 substantiallya1425 perfectc1425 thoroughly1442 substantiallyc1449 throughlya1450 naitlyc1450 through1472 surely?a1475 cleanc1475 through stitch1573 fundamentally1587 down1616 perfectedly1692 minutely1796 homea1825 good1834 rotten1840 out1971 full on1979 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > carefully, thoroughly, or exhaustively kindlyc1325 thoroughly1442 exhaustively1817 throughly1885 a1450 Pater Noster Richard Ermyte (Westm. Sch. 3) (1967) 21 (MED) Alle men mowe not come to þis perfeccioun, ne gostly þurȝly se þat we alle ben breþer & sustres. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Boke yf Eneydos xxviii. sig. Hij Lete vs loke to her wounde and in her face yf she is thrughly passed [i.e. gone, dead]. a1500 (a1450) Generides (Trin. Cambr.) l. 346 I prae yow..That ye will..teche hym throughely That att longith to hym to do. 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. xxiijv A man were throwly persuaded yt it were not lawfull to resist his kynge. 1560 Bible (Geneva) Psalms li. 2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquitie. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 170 I am enformed throughly of the cause. View more context for this quotation 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xi. 78 Throughly kindled Wood-coals. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 264. ⁋2 Throughly equipped from Head to Foot. 1797 Scots Mag. Aug. 534 The Southerns dinna relish throwlie his performances. 1861 D. G. Rossetti tr. Dante Vita Nuova in Early Ital. Poets ii. 283 Mine inmost being then feels throughly quit Of anguish. 1885 R. W. Dixon Hist. Church Eng. III. 451 Hooper..swept his unfortunate garner so throughly. 1904 Rep. Select Comm. Tuberculosis (Animals) Compensation Bill 21/1 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 272) VII. 429 Ayrshire cow throughly beautiful and throughly sound and healthy. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 139/2 A throughly stryte, honest man. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > [adverb] > fully or to full extent or in full > from beginning to end througha1225 overc1400 throughoutc1450 thoroughc1475 throughly1531 straight1756 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. x. sig. E.iij I require nat that all these warkes shud be throughly radde of a childe in this tyme, whiche were almost impossible. ?1551 Sessions against Gardiner in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 807/1 He was not throughly presente at the Byshoppes sermon. a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. D Take this booke, peruse it throwly. 1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion x. 12 Thou hast but begun The glorious Race, nor hast it throughly run. 1718 H. Mollineux Popery exposed by its Own Authors Pref. to Rdr. p. xxiii I desire that..every one, that peruseth the following Treatise, may read it throughly and consider it weightily. b. In a way that penetrates or goes through; right through, quite through; = thoroughly adv. 2.More recent examples may show misspellings or typographical errors for thoroughly. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in the direction of thickness > through thickness throughoutOE wherethorough?c1225 wherethrough1297 thorougha1387 thoroughlya1500 throughly1541 1541–2 Act 33 Henry VIII c. 18 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 854 The kerseyes thereof made cannot be so certenly wroughte as the same..myght kepe any true or just certentye of lenghe or breadeth throughlye [?1510 thoroughly]. a1613 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) 93 Being thus dried throwlie. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. i. 10 If it be not throughly welded at the first Heat. 1760 J. Wesley Desideratum 27 If your Cl[o]athes are thro'ly wet, [etc.]. 1842 Phœbe or Miller's Maid xliii. 267 When he was throughly drenched from head to foot, Giles let him go. 1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 87 Then with a stronger buffet he clove the helm As throughly as the skull. 1930 Boys' Life Mar. 30/1 It was raining, and he had got throughly wet. 1967 Keystone Folklore Q. 12 31 They must be throughly soaked. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1450 |
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