单词 | vilely |
释义 | † vilelyadj. Obsolete. rare. Vile in appearance. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [adjective] > hideous loathlyc900 grislya1150 hideous1303 unherlyc1325 bysenc1375 vilely1398 laidlya1400 squalid1620 frightful1700 gorgonesque1888 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum x. vii. (Tollem. MS.) The fayrer it was by his firste onynge to þe fyre, þe more unsemely and þe more villiche [Bodl. MS. filich; L. vilior] in quenchynge of þe fyre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021). vilelyadv. In a vile manner (in various senses of the adjective). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adverb] noughtlyeOE wrothec888 unrighteouslyeOE foullyOE naughtlyOE wrothlyc1200 litherlya1225 unwraste?c1225 illc1275 vilelyc1290 shrewdly13.. felonly1303 unwrastlyc1320 viciouslya1325 diverselyc1325 wickly1338 lewdlyc1384 badlyc1405 foula1425 mischievouslyc1426 felonously1436 felonmentc1470 wickedfullyc1480 villainously1484 meschantlya1492 sinisterly1491 noughtily1528 naughtily?1529 perniciously1533 illy1549 naught1549 bad1575 evilly1581 nefariously1599 scelerately1632 improbously1657 piggishly1756 iniquitously1796 pervertedly1804 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > baseness > [adverb] arghlyc1000 vilelyc1290 vilea1400 brothelyc1400 caitiflyc1425 scabbedly1548 vildly1575 unsela1583 basely1593 unnobly1595 dirtilya1631 shabbily1755 base-mindedly1851 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adverb] > and loathsome vilelyc1290 nastily1611 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > degrading or debasement > [adverb] vilelyc1290 degradingly1707 debasingly1847 menially1848 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [adverb] > in a base or vile manner unwraste?c1225 vilelyc1290 unwrastlyc1320 villainlya1325 vilea1400 vildly1575 basely1593 ignobly1594 projectedly1660 unsolidly1755 blackguardly1827 bounderishly1921 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adverb] > of little worth at a pin's fee1603 vilely1616 not worth a curse1826 α. β. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 2609 No man was so hardy To bryng hym þyng opunly, Þat he ne shulde vyly be shent.a1340 R. Rolle Psalter i. 6 Hathen men sal viliere be dampned.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15833 Þai huited on him viliker þan he had ben a hund.a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Lev. xviii. 28 Be ȝe war, lest it caste out viliche also ȝou in lijk manere.c1425 Eng. Conq. Ireland 4 Of the schame þat hyme was done, & of þat þat he was so vilich out of hys kynd lond I-dryue.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6912 Vlixes, his aune cosyn,..To venge of þat vilany vili dissirit.1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique 56 b We shall sone make our aduersaries to be lothed, if we..declare how cruelly, how vilie, and how maliciously thei haue vsed other men heretofore.1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 62 I will neyther cowardlye shrinke, nor vilye forsake my flocke committed to my charge.1616 A. Champney Treat. Vocation Bishops 119 For which reason doubtles do our English Puritans esteeme so vily of ordinations made by Bishops.1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. i. iv. §6. 132 It is..a vile thing, vily to obey any vile thing, such as sin is.γ. a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 3968 Ne had myne hauberk ben þe strongere Þou haddest me vilely yslawe.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 16951 He þat neuer no sin did, vr sinnes all he bare, And vilelik for vs was ledd.c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. ii. 175 Þilke beste was disgised so vileliche, and so foule figured þat [etc.].1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. v. f. 27v Howe vylely, vylaynously, and violently, he had byn vsed of owre men.1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 162 So vilely to abuse, where they ought to honour.1611 Bible (King James) 2 Sam. i. 21 The shield of the mightie is vilely cast away. View more context for this quotation1694 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 462 The commons [were] enraged at it and spoke vilely of the Earl of Abendon and his son—calld them Jacobites.1745 P. Thomas True Jrnl. Voy. South-Seas 144 This so generally received, tho' vilely mistaken Opinion, has caused many poor Sufferers to Endure more..than from the Distemper itself.1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. xii. 183 How is it, Sir, that..His daughter [is] vilely seduced, as a recompence for his hospitality..?1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. xxi. 337 Some drawings I have attempted, but I succeed vilely.1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ix. 391 A woman proud As I am, and I'm very vilely proud.1894 W. E. Gladstone tr. Horace Odes iii. v. 20 Swords, that Roman once had been, From unresisting legions vilely ta'en.c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 296/82 Huy nomen and drowen þis holie man villiche þoruȝ þe strete, Forto huy comen with-oute toun. c1300 St. Margarete 123 Hire suete tendre flesch so filliche to-drawe was so; Allas, hou miȝte eni man for reuþe such dede do. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 133 Þet is wylny..to by y-hyealde vyl and villiche to by y-draȝe. a1400 Seuyn Sages (W.) 1433 And than before the folk him bring, And thourgh the toun him villiche driue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1398adv.c1290 |
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