单词 | vulgarly |
释义 | vulgarlyadv. 1. In common or everyday speech; vernacularly, colloquially: ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [adverb] > colloquially vulgarlyc1374 familiarly1757 colloquially1791 in the vernacular1815 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1513 And, vulgarly to speken of Substaunce, Of Tresour may we boþe with vs lede, Y-nowh to lyue in honour and pleasaunce. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Matt. xi. 17) And he is the best preacher, saith Luther, that delivereth himself vulgarly, plainly, trivially. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (i. 1 Annot.) 6/1 The Hebrew [word]..vulgarly signifies the result of the consultation. b. With verbs of naming, esp. in vulgarly called, vulgarly styled, etc. ΚΠ 1513 Life Henry V (1911) 160 A greate assemblie of estates of Fraunce, vulgarlie called a Parlyament, wherein the three estates of the Realme were present. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxviijv The societe of saynct George, vulgarely called the order of the garter. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. i The mount Rhodope vulgarly called the mountes of siluer. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ii. 50 The chiefest..is called Teucria, but they are vulgarly called the Iles of Diomedes. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxviii. 108 That [river].. enters into the sea in the Empire of Sornaan, vulgarly stiled Siam. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 331/2 For the Pitchfork (or Pikel, which we vulgarly call it) it is an Instrument much used in Husbandry for their Loading and Stacking of Hay and Corn. a1718 W. Penn Life in Wks. (1726) I. 16 Being the Fourth Instant, vulgarly called Sunday. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. ii. iv. 100 The Chandler's Shop, the known Seat of all the News, or as it is vulgarly called, Gossiping. View more context for this quotation a1773 J. Hutchins Hist. Dorset (1774) I. 589 The parsonage house, vulgarly called the vicarage house, stood about the middle of the island. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 406 He was what is vulgarly called a disinterested man. 1861 M. Pattison in Westm. Rev. Apr. 410 This original factory and staple of the German merchants, vulgarly called ‘The Steelyard’,..still stands on the banks of the Thames. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 95 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV Many of the species..are here known as fire-flies, or, more vulgarly, lightning-bugs. 2. Among or by the people generally; commonly or ordinarily: a. As a matter of knowledge, belief, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > prevalently > among people at large openly?a1160 commonly?c1335 vulgarly?1507 popularly1576 vulgarily1655 publiclya1729 ?1507 C. Brandon et al. Iustes of Maye (de Worde) sig. A.vi Hye magesty..Knowen is in euery realme vulgarely To his honoure. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 179 Which I purposely auoided, as not so vulgarly familiar. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xvii. 685/1 Where the Corps is now laid is not vulgarly knowne. 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. Illustr. 22 What I report thus..is truth, and different much from what vulgarly is receiued. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 19 Whose luxurious liues are vulgarly promulgat in this..prouerbe. a1688 R. Cudworth Treat. Eternal & Immutable Morality (1731) iii. iii. 94 Though they be very different,..yet they are vulgarly mistaken for one and the same thing. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 462. ⁋5 The many good-natured Condescensions of this Prince are vulgarly known. 1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. sig. C7v It is vulgarly considered as a root; and was called so by Botanists till Linneus corrected the error. 1865 J. B. Mozley 8 Lect. Miracles ii. 41 The inductive principle is only this unreasoning impulse applied to a scientifically ascertained fact, instead of to a vulgarly ascertained fact. b. As a matter of use or habit. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adverb] usantlyc1450 coursably1483 vulgarly1617 standingly1637 habituallya1682 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > prevalently rivedlyc1300 rifely1357 currently1579 widely1579 vulgarly1617 epidemically1641 endemically1661 prevalently1709 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 155 They vulgarly eate harth Cakes of Oates, but in Cities haue also wheaten-bread. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms 2 Not from any sensual pleasure, such as men vulgarly take in Musick. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 142 The middle Verse.., as it is vulgarly read; is an instance against me. 1806 A. Knox Remains (1844) I. 61 The dread of Popery and the consequent prejudice against everything vulgarly branded with that stigma. 1841 R. W. Emerson Over-soul in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 297 Our religion vulgarly stands on numbers of believers. 1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty i. 13 The tyranny of the majority was at first, and is still vulgarly, held in dread. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [adverb] > in or as the native language nativelya1613 vulgarlya1613 maternally1632 vernacly1673 vernacularly1808 a1613 E. Brerewood Enq. Langs. & Relig. (1614) i. 6 These were the places, where the Greeke tongue was natiuely and vulgarly spoken. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 116 They speake vulgarly and Maternally here the Hebrew tongue. 1698 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus I. i. v. 72 The Latin Tongue ceases to be vulgarly spoken in Italy [in] 587. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > openness or unconcealedness > [adverb] barelyc950 beforeOE openlyOE nakedly?c1225 in a person's bearda1250 opelyc1275 apertly1297 commonlya1325 opena1325 overtlyc1325 pertlya1375 plainc1380 in (also on) opena1382 in apertc1384 plainlyc1390 in open (also general) audiencea1393 aperta1400 in commonaltya1400 outa1400 without laina1400 in commonc1400 publishlyc1400 pertc1410 in publicc1429 on higha1450 in pert1453 to a person's facea1470 into heightc1480 forthward?1504 but hidel?1507 publicly1534 uncolouredly1561 roundly1563 famously1570 vulgarly1602 above board1603 round1604 displayedly1611 on (also upon) the square?1611 undisguisedly1611 broadly1624 discoveredly1659 unveiledly1661 under a person's nose1670 manifestly1711 before faces1762 publically1797 overboard1834 unashamedly1905 upfront1972 1602 B. Jonson Poetaster iii. iii. sig. E3 Seeke not to eclipse my reputation thus vulgarly . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 159 First for this woman, To iustifie this worthy Noble man So vulgarly and personally accus'd. View more context for this quotation a. In a commonplace manner. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > in a commonplace manner vulgarlyc1600 ordinarily1607 commonly1682 c1600 Timon (1980) iv. ii. 58 Gela: Doth shee loue mee? Blat. I knowe shee dothe & that not vulgarly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic > [adverb] arithmetically?a1560 vulgarly1711 1711 London Gaz. No. 4825/4 Each Proposition being wrought Vulgarly, Decimally,..and Instrumentally. 1762 R. Ramsbottom Fractions Anatomized 74 Let us now divide 20 Shillings Vulgarly, and then 6d. by 6d. Decimally, a Pound the Integer. 5. In a vulgar, coarse, or unrefined manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adverb] > vulgarly mechanically1613 porterly1659 vulgarly1831 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adverb] > unmannerly > roughly or with lack of refinement homelyc1390 rudelyc1405 greata1425 swinishly1542 clubbishly1548 carterly1556 homelily1556 brutishly1580 loutishly1580 boorishly1605 brutely1605 inurbanely1610 mechanically1613 porterly1659 coarsely1678 coarse1680 brutally1824 vulgarly1831 crudely1881 cubbishly1883 yobbishly1984 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > low or vulgar person > [adverb] fellowlike1635 porterly1659 vulgarly1831 1831 W. Scott Count Robert vii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 225 The superstition of the Egyptians,—vulgarly gross in its literal meaning..— was disowned by the principles of general toleration. 1847 L. Hunt Men, Women, & Bks. II. x. 232 It is too hard, and bold, and vulgarly pretty. 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady II. iv. 56 He lives on his income, which I suspect of not being vulgarly large. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1374 |
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