| 单词 | to speak fair |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto speak fair a. Civilly, courteously; with kindness or respect. Frequently (in later use only) in to speak fair, to speak (a person) fair (also figurative). Now rare.See also to greet (a person) fair at greet v.1 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adverb] welleOE fairOE methelyOE menskly?c1225 hendilyc1275 hendlyc1275 courteouslyc1290 bonairc1330 bonairly1340 goodly1372 debonairlya1375 henda1375 kindlya1375 fairlyc1480 humanelya1500 handsomely1542 civilly1552 gallantly1611 civil1642 politely1748 nicely1864 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > be courteous to [verb (transitive)] > address courteously to speak (a person) faira1400 OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) iv. 96 Utan geðencan hu glædlice & hu wynsumlice & hu fægre & hu mildlice heo sprycð, sio sawl, to hire lichaman. OE Genesis A (1931) 2353 Him þa fægere frea ælmihtig, ece drihten, andswarode. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 53 Þis faȝe folc..speket..feire bi-foren heore euencristene. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2417 Wha-swa oðerne imette þer fæire [c1300 Otho faire] hine igrætte. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 2007 Morice þuder com, & vaire was vnderfonge. c1350 How Good Wife taught her Daughter (Emmanuel) (1948) l. 69 (MED) Al is noȝt trewe þat faire speket. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 6836 Speke ham faire wiþ þi mouþe. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5346 Þar come a monke and prayde him faire. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 302 This mychty persone..Welcwmmyt thaim fair. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xxix. sig. Evi They that speaketh fayre, fayre shal here agayne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. ii. 186 So faire an offer'd Chaine. View more context for this quotation 1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love iv. i. 35 Heav'n speaks me fair. 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iii. i. 44 I spoke you fair d'ee see, and civil. 1713 E. Ward Hist. Grand Rebellion I. 137 The poor Criminal who stands arraign'd, Believes the Judge that speaks him fair, his Friend. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xxxviii. 265 Yet, he offers so fair! 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 166 The work-people..spake him soft and fair. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner i. 10 He was worth speaking fair, if it was only to keep him from doing you a mischief. 1879 J. Ormsby tr. Poem of Cid 116 False, foul-mouthed knave,..Whose heart is plotting mischief when thy lips are speaking fair. 1937 Boys' Life Feb. 6/3 Be calm, speak the questioner fair, use as much fact in your replies as you can. to speak (a person) fair a. Civilly, courteously; with kindness or respect. Frequently (in later use only) in to speak fair, to speak (a person) fair (also figurative). Now rare.See also to greet (a person) fair at greet v.1 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adverb] welleOE fairOE methelyOE menskly?c1225 hendilyc1275 hendlyc1275 courteouslyc1290 bonairc1330 bonairly1340 goodly1372 debonairlya1375 henda1375 kindlya1375 fairlyc1480 humanelya1500 handsomely1542 civilly1552 gallantly1611 civil1642 politely1748 nicely1864 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > be courteous to [verb (transitive)] > address courteously to speak (a person) faira1400 OE Vercelli Homilies (1992) iv. 96 Utan geðencan hu glædlice & hu wynsumlice & hu fægre & hu mildlice heo sprycð, sio sawl, to hire lichaman. OE Genesis A (1931) 2353 Him þa fægere frea ælmihtig, ece drihten, andswarode. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 53 Þis faȝe folc..speket..feire bi-foren heore euencristene. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2417 Wha-swa oðerne imette þer fæire [c1300 Otho faire] hine igrætte. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 2007 Morice þuder com, & vaire was vnderfonge. c1350 How Good Wife taught her Daughter (Emmanuel) (1948) l. 69 (MED) Al is noȝt trewe þat faire speket. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 6836 Speke ham faire wiþ þi mouþe. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 5346 Þar come a monke and prayde him faire. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 302 This mychty persone..Welcwmmyt thaim fair. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. Arthur of Brytayn (?1560) xxix. sig. Evi They that speaketh fayre, fayre shal here agayne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. ii. 186 So faire an offer'd Chaine. View more context for this quotation 1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love iv. i. 35 Heav'n speaks me fair. 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iii. i. 44 I spoke you fair d'ee see, and civil. 1713 E. Ward Hist. Grand Rebellion I. 137 The poor Criminal who stands arraign'd, Believes the Judge that speaks him fair, his Friend. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xxxviii. 265 Yet, he offers so fair! 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian viii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 166 The work-people..spake him soft and fair. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner i. 10 He was worth speaking fair, if it was only to keep him from doing you a mischief. 1879 J. Ormsby tr. Poem of Cid 116 False, foul-mouthed knave,..Whose heart is plotting mischief when thy lips are speaking fair. 1937 Boys' Life Feb. 6/3 Be calm, speak the questioner fair, use as much fact in your replies as you can. < as lemmas |
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