单词 | uneventful |
释义 | uneventfuladj. (un- prefix1 1.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [adjective] > uneventful unincidental1772 incidentless1782 eventless1786 uneventful1800 undated1878 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 7 There is little to keep up its energy in the uneventful tenour of domestic life. 1862 E. Johnston Gifts & Graces xxv. 249 There is little to tell, for their uneventful lives are gliding on as usual. 1890 W. J. Gordon Foundry 167 We have said enough to show that its story has not been uneventful. Derivatives uneˈventfully adv. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [adverb] > uneventfully eventlessly1851 uneventfully1865 1865 Cornhill Mag. Apr. 405 The two next days passed quietly and uneventfully. 1872 W. D. Howells Their Wedding Journey vii. 172 They rattled uneventfully down..by rail. uneˈventfulness n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > uneventfulness or failure to happen failure1643 eventlessness1852 uneventfulness1878 non-event1936 non-happening1968 1878 A. B. Grosart in H. More Compl. Poems Introd. p. ix The uneventfulness outwardly of the ‘Life’ accounts for the few facts given. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1800 |
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