aestheticallyadv.

Brit.

/iːsˈθɛtᵻkli/,

/ᵻsˈθɛtᵻkli/,

/ɛsˈθɛtᵻkli/, U.S.

/ɛsˈθɛdək(ə)li/,

/əsˈθɛdək(ə)li/

Forms: see aesthetical adj. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: aesthetical adj., -ly suffix²; aesthetic adj., -ally suffix.

Etymology: Either < aesthetical adj. + -ly suffix², or < aesthetic adj. + -ally suffix, perhaps after German ästhetisch, adverb (1754 as †aesthetisch). Compare French esthétiquement (1798).

In an aesthetic manner; in relation to aesthetics; as regards appearance; so as to have a pleasing appearance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > aesthetics > [adverb]

aesthetically1801

1801 German Museum 3 473 Biography, of which the ancients treated with profound judgement, and which had been totally neglected in the middle age, was gradually revived after the restoration of the sciences, and now was more psychologically and aesthetically cultivated.

1827 T. De Quincey On Murder in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 200/2 It may also be treated æsthetically, as the Germans call it, that is, in relation to good taste.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vi. 171 The æsthetically ennobling enthusiasm for the old Greek deities.

1882 J. S. Stuart-Glennie in Macmillan's Mag. 45 497 Archæologically interesting..as they might be, they were æsthetically tawdry..to the last degree.

1903 Internat. Studio Dec. p. cxciv/1 The full-page half-tone plates being printed very æsthetically in a tinted ink.

1935 G. M. Anderson Dewey's Pract. Orthodontia (ed. 5) xxii. 458 Cases which though completed orthodontically were never satisfactory esthetically.

1968 J. Hay Sandy Shore i. 9 When we pick up an empty whelk shell or the cast-off shell of a calico crab, it may please us aesthetically and perhaps find a niche of our shelf at home.

2000 Virginian-Pilot (Nexis) 16 Dec. 4 It is aesthetically plenished with antiques, Oriental rugs and old paintings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aesthetically
释义	aestheticallyadv. Brit. /iːsˈθɛtᵻkli/, /ᵻsˈθɛtᵻkli/, /ɛsˈθɛtᵻkli/, U.S. /ɛsˈθɛdək(ə)li/, /əsˈθɛdək(ə)li/ Forms: see aesthetical adj. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: aesthetical adj., -ly suffix²; aesthetic adj., -ally suffix. Etymology: Either < aesthetical adj. + -ly suffix², or < aesthetic adj. + -ally suffix, perhaps after German ästhetisch, adverb (1754 as †aesthetisch). Compare French esthétiquement (1798). In an aesthetic manner; in relation to aesthetics; as regards appearance; so as to have a pleasing appearance. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > aesthetics > [adverb] aesthetically1801 1801 German Museum 3 473 Biography, of which the ancients treated with profound judgement, and which had been totally neglected in the middle age, was gradually revived after the restoration of the sciences, and now was more psychologically and aesthetically cultivated. 1827 T. De Quincey On Murder in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 200/2 It may also be treated æsthetically, as the Germans call it, that is, in relation to good taste. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vi. 171 The æsthetically ennobling enthusiasm for the old Greek deities. 1882 J. S. Stuart-Glennie in Macmillan's Mag. 45 497 Archæologically interesting..as they might be, they were æsthetically tawdry..to the last degree. 1903 Internat. Studio Dec. p. cxciv/1 The full-page half-tone plates being printed very æsthetically in a tinted ink. 1935 G. M. Anderson Dewey's Pract. Orthodontia (ed. 5) xxii. 458 Cases which though completed orthodontically were never satisfactory esthetically. 1968 J. Hay Sandy Shore i. 9 When we pick up an empty whelk shell or the cast-off shell of a calico crab, it may please us aesthetically and perhaps find a niche of our shelf at home. 2000 Virginian-Pilot (Nexis) 16 Dec. 4 It is aesthetically plenished with antiques, Oriental rugs and old paintings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1801
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