单词 | by ordinar |
释义 | > as lemmasby ordinar 2. by ordinar Scottish (in adjectival and adverbial uses): beyond what is usual; unusual; unusually. ΚΠ 1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose iv. 47 If ye say ony thing amang the Saxons that's a wee by ordinar, they clink ye down for a wager as fast as a Lowland smith would hammer shoon on a Highland shelty. 1823 J. Galt Ringan Gilhaize II. xiii. 126 They were by ordinare obedient and submissive. 1868 G. MacDonald Robert Falconer 138 That's..by-ordinar fowk. 1894 P. H. Hunter James Inwick v. 70 There was a by-ordinar congregation that day; a'body that could win was there. 1931 Glasgow Herald 8 Aug. in Sc. National Dict. (1941) II. 341/1 Sam..could baith read an' write..an' that wis mair by-ordinar' in thir days nor ye micht think. < as lemmas |
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