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单词 extremely
释义 extremely, adv.|ɛkˈstriːmlɪ|
[f. extreme a. + -ly2.]
1. To the uttermost degree: in or with a very great degree of some quality, esp. severity. Obs.
1532Frith Mirror iii. (1626) 43 That thy negligence..be not..extreamly imputed unto thee.1563–87Foxe A. & M. (1684) III. 832 He was extreamly racked, within half a finger breadth as far as Anne Askew.1661Pepys Diary 2 Nov., I did extremely beat him.1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 250 It must be extreamly beaten, which will break all the knots of Lime.1709Swift in Lett. Lit. Men (Camden) 340 A sine-cure..which..would fitt me extremely.1819Byron Juan i. lxxvi, She..look'd extremely at the opening door.
b. to be extremely in (superfluity, etc.): to be in state of extreme (superfluity, etc.). Obs.
1562W. Bullein Def. agst. Sickness 51 a, Twoo humours, equall aboundyng together, extremely in superfluite.1655–60Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 98/1 A Widow..extreamly in want.
2. In an extreme degree; exceedingly, very much.
a. with vbs. Now somewhat rare.
1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iii. (1586) 122 You must not suffer your horse to drinke after his journey, till he be colde: howbeit, if he sweate not to extremely..it is not so daungerous.1607Shakes. Timon iii. ii. 14 One of his men..vrg'd extreamly for't..and yet was deny'de.1634Sir T. Herbert Trav. 19 The Seas sweld extremely.1711Wallis in J. Greenwood Eng. Gram. Pref. 31 Many who stuttered extreamly.1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 121 The cause of the cohesion of matter has extremely perplexed philosophers.1841Lane Arab. Nts. I. 85 The king was extremely astonished.
b. with adjs., pples., or advbs.
1540–54Croke xiii. Ps. (Percy Soc.) 11, I am made feble like a wretch, Extremely croked, backe and bone.1638Rouse Heav. Univ. Advt. (1702) 3 It was so extreamly dangerous.1644Milton Educ., If wise Men and Prophets be not extreamly out.1776Adam Smith W. N. i. iii. (1869) I. 21 The Mediterranean was extremely favourable to the infant navigation of the world.1808H. More Cælebs v. (1809) 55 They used the strongest terms..They were extremely glad and extremely sorry.1889Sat. Rev. 23 Mar. 335/1 Only an extremely strong and an extremely cool man could make the beating adequate to the offence.
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