单词 | truthly |
释义 | truthlyadv. Originally Scottish. rare and colloquial (nonstandard) in later use. In accordance with truth; honestly, without deceit; truthfully.Apparently not recorded between the 16th and late 18th centuries. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb] without(en, but leasec888 soothfastlya890 soothfasta1300 aefauldly1472 truthly1490 gospelly1596 sincerely1597 honest1654 sacredly1706 rightly1786 veraciously1807 truthfully1828 veridically1832 unfallaciously1852 honest-like1899 salva veritate1930 1490 in W. Fraser Bk. Carlaverock (1873) II. 448 Treuthly. 1493 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 313 Aithir of þe sadis partiis has subscriuit þis write with þar avne handis,..leilie or trewthelie, but fraud or gile. 1796 J. Ebers New & Compl. Dict. German & Eng. Lang. I. 989/1 Fürwahr,..in Truth, truthly, sure, sure enough, surely, [etc.]. 1859 Colburn's United Service Mag. Jan. 34 I..am obliged most truthly to confess, that I never ceased running until near our encampment. 1939 in Social Forces (1942) 21 78/2 I can truthly say as did Paul, ‘Woe is me if I preach not the Ghosple.’ 2012 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 25 Jan. a10 Bravo on a fine column that had just the right tone. Not mean but truthly reflective. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1490 |
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