| 释义 |
† somewhatly, adv. Obs. rare.
Also 5 sumwhatly, svmqwatly.
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
Somewhat; to some (slight) extent.
c1425St. Elizabeth of Spalbeck in Anglia VIII. 108 A whyte lynnen garnemente sumwhatly trailynge on þe erthe. Ibid. 115 Sumwhatly streight vp towarde the auter. 1483Cath. Angl. 371 Svmqwatly, aliqualiter, vtrumque. [a1711H. Lamp Autobiog. iii. (1895) 26, I staid there about six months, learning the English tongue somewhatly.] |