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单词 adumbratively
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adumbrativelyadv.

Brit. /əˈdʌmbrətᵻvli/, U.S. /əˈdəmbrədᵻvli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: adumbrative adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < adumbrative adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare post-classical Latin adumbrative (1685 or earlier).
In an adumbrative manner; by way of adumbration.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adverb]
sidelings?a1400
covertlyc1400
impliedlyc1449
by implicationa1575
implicatelya1575
implicatively1579
over the shoulder1596
interpretatively1602
implicitly1610
indirectly1613
insinuatively1617
enfoldedly1624
involvedly1624
tacitly1635
tacidly1640
by interpretation1692
adumbratively1753
inexplicitly1776
interpretively1867
society > communication > indication > [adverb] > slightly
adumbratively1862
1753 B. Holloway Let. & Spirit xliv. 357 Ev'ry Thing was transacted, adumbratively, in the old Testament, before it was done, substantially, in the New.
1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiv. iii. 640 England, or, as it is adumbratively called, ‘the Manor of St. James's’.
1915 J. P. Baxter Greatest of Lit. Probl. xii. 455 He adumbratively entertains us with historic combats between Henry IV and Philip II.
1960 Rev. Metaphysics 13 367 A perceptual object is a sense datum which is oriented in a substance adumbratively grasped as its locus and ground.
1994 Contemp. European Hist. 3 230 Each of these shares the common attribute of providing a clear introduction to the national experience of the twentieth century and discussing, albeit adumbratively, the major developments of the era.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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