| 释义 |
eˈgregiously, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an egregious manner, remarkably; in 17th c. occasionally in a good sense, remarkably well, excellently; now exclusively in bad or ironical sense, grossly, monstrously, shamefully.
a1555Latimer in Foxe A. & M. (1684) III. 368 Here have I blotted your Paper vainly, and played the fool egregiously. 1635N. R. tr. Camden's Hist. Eliz. i. an. 2. 25 The French egregiously dissembled a desire of peace. a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xix. 156 Whom he had seen to act his part most egregiously upon the Stage. 1866Trollope Belton Est. II. xiv. 267 Well aware..that he was trespassing egregiously. |