单词 | voluminously |
释义 | voluminouslyadv. In a voluminous manner, in senses of the adjective. 1. At great length; with abundant or copious discourse; to the extent of volumes. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] amply1442 copiously1534 spaciously1614 enlargedly1625 voluminously1633 exuberantly1782 expansively1839 luxuriantly1840 1633 T. Heywood Eng. Traveller To Rdr. It neuer was any great ambition in me, to bee in this kind Volumniously [sic] read. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism Apol. 12 Lest we should write voluminously and without end or profit. 1672 R. Baxter Church told of Bagshaw's Scandals ii. 17 When I had not only said the contrary, but told where I had voluminously proved it. 1704 in J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub Bookseller to Rdr. 226 The Doctor falls hard upon a new Edition of Phalaris,..to which, Mr. Boyle replyed..with great Learning and Wit; and the Doctor, voluminously, rejoyned. a1751 Visct. Bolingbroke Wks. (1754) V. 262 They insisted on them so constantly and so voluminously, that natural religion held but the second place in their system. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. II. 373 Elizabeth exercised her poetical pen more voluminously than we have hitherto known. 1880 J. Muirhead Inst. of Gaius & Rules of Ulpian Introd. p. viii On the Edict, both urban and provincial, he wrote voluminously. 2. In swelling wreaths or rolls; in turns or windings. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adverb] verticularly1657 twiningly1731 voluminously1745 wreathingly1821 1745 E. Young Consolation 29 Clouds..Thy flowing Mantle form, and, Heav'n throughout, Voluminously pour thy pompous Train. 1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. III. 248 The transparent lake..voluminously winding by banks covered with olives and laurels. 3. In a large mass or quantity. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adverb] > bulkily voluminously1834 bulkily1886 1834 T. De Quincey S. T. Coleridge in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 519/1 Stowing away..the snowy folds of a lady's gown..so voluminously, that a very small portion of it, indeed, remained for the lady's own use. 1846 E. A. Poe L. G. Clark in Wks. (1864) III. 111 His hair and whiskers are dark, the latter meeting voluminously under the chin. 1864 E. Burritt Walk to John O'Groats 313 A mineral spring at which the visitors..drink most voluminously. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1633 |
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