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单词 vilely
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vilelyadj.

Forms: In Middle English villiche, filich.
Etymology: < vile adj. Compare vilely adv.
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.

Brit. /ˈvʌɪlli/, U.S. /ˈvaɪl(l)i/
Forms: α. Middle English villiche (Middle English filliche), Middle English vylliche, vyllyche. β. Middle English viliche (Middle English vileche), Middle English vilich; Middle English vilike, wilik; Middle English, 1500s vyly, 1500s–1600s vylie; Middle English, 1500s–1600s vily (Middle English vili), 1500s vilie, vilye. γ. Middle English vileliche (Middle English villiliche), Middle English vilelik, Middle English, 1500s– vilely (1500s vylely).
Etymology: < vile adj. + -ly suffix2, after Anglo-Norman and Old French vilement.
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.
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.
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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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