单词 | watchfully |
释义 | > as lemmasˈwatchfully ˈwatchfully adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [adverb] vigilantly1531 watchfully1538 watchingly1552 wakefullya1586 guardfully?1611 unwinkingly1849 a-watch1856 alertly1865 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Vigilanter, watchefully, dylygently. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 269/2 He that preacheth must..indeuour to draw the whole flocke, to the obedience of God, to haue them walke in feare and humblenesse, and watchfully. 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xvii. 116 If this Experiment were very watchfully try'd. 1752 W. Warburton Serm. xi, in Wks. (1788) V. 178 Amongst the various Societies of Christians, there are some, in which the holy Ordinances are more regularly administred..and Christian Liberty more watchfully protected. a1822 P. B. Shelley On Future State in Prose Wks. (1888) II. 181 Let us..watchfully establish a discrimination between words and thoughts. 1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art i. 10 Keeping your embroidery watchfully from the moth. 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood viii. 47 Neville has made his remark in a watchfully advancing, and yet furtive and shy manner. 1920 Conquest Apr. 263/2 One of the fishermen rows the craft, the other hangs watchfully over the side. < as lemmas |
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