单词 | unmeekly |
释义 | unmeeklyadv. In a manner that is not meek; †harshly, cruelly (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harshness > [adverb] unkindly?1387 untenderly?a1400 unmeeklya1425 durely1477 roidlyc1480 kindlessly1826 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > [adverb] unkindlya1393 untenderly?a1400 unmeeklya1425 ungentlyc1450 unkindfully?1534 kindlessly1826 a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 44 Þat he speke neiþer unmekeli to terre men for to fiȝte, ne [etc.]. a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 27763 (MED) Slewth oft samnes sorow strang, and þat vnmekely lastand lang. c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 165 (MED) Þou tokest þy passyon mekely & not on mekely. 1855 Wife's Trials I. xxiii. 270 His sister flew at him, and administered in rapid succession sundry cuffs, which were so unmeekly taken..that..the two parties closed in angry fight. 1998 Times (Nexis) 9 May She faces at least another 300 charges—‘More than there are days in the year,’ Ma'am tells me, rolling her eyes most unmeekly towards the heavens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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