| 释义 |
choicely, adv.|ˈtʃɔɪslɪ|
Also 6 choselie; and see choice a.
[f. choice a. + -ly2.]
In a choice manner: with careful choice, with special care, carefully, specially, discriminatingly; daintily, exquisitely, excellently.
c1350Will. Palerne 1752 The posterne of that perles erber, That was to Meliors chaumber choisli a joyned. c1400Destr. Troy 2772 My Sister Exiona fro seruage to brynge. That shal be choisly your charge. c1425Leg. Rood 218 To seche a childe þat choisly chees In maydenes blode to blome. 1570R. Ascham Scholem. (Arb.) 137 In euerie separate kinde of learning and studie..ye must follow, choselie a few, and chieflie some one. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. vi. 12 Choycely picked out from all the rest. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry (1611) 137 Keeping them exceeding choicely. 1678H. Vaughan Thalia Rediv. (1858) 221 This they do most slow Because most choicely. 1681J. Chetham Angler's Vade-mec. iv. §19 (1689) 50 So choicely handled, as not to be in the least bruised. 1797in Nicolas Disp. Nelson II. 456 Our Ship..will be choicely manned. 1832Tennyson Pal. Art xxxvii, Below was all mosaic choicely plann'd. 1862Ruskin Munera P. (1880) 60 To furnish choicely his stable, or his cellar. |