单词 | unobjectionable |
释义 | unobjectionableadj. Not objectionable, inoffensive. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adjective] > unexceptionable balelessa1000 unquestionable1597 well1661 unexceptionable1681 unexceptable1702 unobjectible1710 respectable1752 unobjectionable1759 undeniable1793 1759 R. Jackson Hist. Rev. Pennsylvania 305 It was..clear to them, that the Bill was entirely unobjectionable. 1761 R. Dossie Theory & Pract. Chirurg. Pharmacy 441 lt is not..in all respects, an unobjectionable method. 1823 G. S. Faber Treat. Christian Dispensations II. ii. v. 152 A safe and unobjectionable medium through which to prove the divine legation of Moses. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. iv. 66 His conduct was unobjectionable. 1918 E. Hemingway Let. 11 Nov. (2011) I. 152 Feeling around in my leg I located a bullet but it is in a comfortable place and quite unobjectionable. 2002 Washington Post 3 Oct. (Home ed.) a19/2 Torricelli was facing an unobjectionable Republican named Doug Forrester. Derivatives unobˈjectionableness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [noun] acceptableness1565 well-being1573 acceptance1594 acceptability1647 unobjectionableness1831 1831 J. Penrose Familiar Introd. Christian Relig. xxxiii. 374 To what extent any of these doctrines are in fact recognised must depend not on the specific doctrine itself, or on its inherent consistency and unobjectionableness. 1922 G. Saintsbury Scrap Bk. lxxi. 275 I have always doubted the alleged unobjectionableness of drowning. 2002 Proc. Aristotelian Soc. Supplementary Volumes 76 179 The unobjectionableness of the enjoyment was part of the reason there was for me to spend time with you initially. unobˈjectionably adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [adverb] wellOE sufficientlyc1380 acceptably1479 competently1541 somewhat like1593 tant bien que mal1765 bearably1784 unobjectionably1797 fairly1836 decently1846 OK1886 1797 Anti-Jacobin 25 Dec. 53/1 No Plan will effect the general object..more completely, and at the same time, more unobjectionably, than the measure which has been proposed. 1836 J. S. Mill in London & Westm. Rev. Oct. 29 We may, therefore, in talking of art, unobjectionably speak of the rule and the exception. 1995 Independent (Nexis) 28 Nov. 16 The interviews were conducted fairly and unobjectionably. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1759 |
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