centrallyadv.

Brit.

/ˈsɛntrəli/,

/ˈsɛntrl̩i/, U.S.

/ˈsɛntrəli/

Forms: late Middle English centraly, 1600s– centrally.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin centrālis , -ly suffix², central adj.

Etymology: Originally < classical Latin centrālis central adj. + -ly suffix², after post-classical Latin centraliter (13th cent. in British sources; 1363 in Chauliac). In later use re-formed < central adj. + -ly suffix².

1. In a central position or location; in, towards, or with regard to the (physical or metaphorical) centre.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adverb]

centrally?a1425

centricallya1631

medially1856

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 15 (MED) Þe herte..is sette in middes of þe brest..And þat is vnderstonden centraly ffor as vn to þe neþermore parte it semeþ a litel for to declyne to þe lefte partie for þe place of þe lyuer. As to þe vppermore partie vn to þe riȝt side, þat it giffe place to þe arteriez.

1631 R. Fludd Answer vnto M. Foster ii. iii. 90 The spirit centrally resting in the blood, doth miraculously emanate and flow forth, and make fluent againe, the blood, as being stirred vp by the like spirit antipathetically.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. ii. xxxiii Sith all forms in our soul be counite And centrally lie there.

1753 Scots Mag. Sept. 457/2 The sun will be centrally and totally eclipsed.

1799 W. Lempriere Pract. Observ. Dis. Army in Jamaica II. ix. 154 The Trelawney Maroon Town..is centrally placed between the north and south sides of the island.

1862 M. Hopkins Hawaii 3 Situated somewhat centrally.

1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius x. 274 An octahedron or double pyramid, whose solid angles meet the inner faces of the prism centrally.

1900 Motor World 8 Nov. 100/1 The motor is located centrally of the vehicle.

1952 R. Jakobson et al. Prelim. Speech Anal. 27 In the consonants, compactness is displayed by a predominant formant region, centrally located.

1988 P. P. Hill French Perceptions Early Amer. Republic iii. 64 Barbé-Marbois..as consul general was centrally placed to give an accurate overview.

2015 Bangalore Mirror (Nexis) 11 Feb. It might be worthwhile to put our places on rent and find a nicer, more centrally located house for ourselves.

2. With respect to the heart or core of something; fundamentally, essentially; with central significance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [adverb]

radically?a1425

fundamentallyc1449

primordially1604

primitively1610

cardinally1631

at (the) root1638

centrally1646

ultimately1660

au fond1782

basally1882

basically1903

1646 H. More Particular Interpr. in Democritus Platonissans sig. D7 Fire and water, which are the corporeall or materiall principles of all things, changed or disgregated (if they be centrally distinguishable) and again mingled by the virtue of Physis or Spermaticall life of the world.

1700 T. Tryon Lett. Several Occasions iv. 32 Seeing these fine things hath so deeply and so centrally awakened the imaginative and secret powers of the Mind, that they can hardly eat their Dinner.

1755 tr. N. L. von Zinzendorf Expos. 34 As soon as Holy Scripture will express the Matter centrally and compendiously.

1836 Mag. Nat. Hist. 9 514 In very many groups, the largest species are among the most centrally typical.

1887 Mind 12 94 The most centrally important part of Kant's work.

1953 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Nov. 744/4 When we talk of the ‘real facts’ we mean neither the only facts nor the hidden facts but the facts that strike us as centrally significant.

2011 Atlantic Dec. 44/3 Novels in which he appears, peripherally or centrally.

3. From the centre; by means of a centralized organization or structure.

ΚΠ

1837 A. Slade Turkey, Greece & Malta I. iii. 109 Administered centrally, the enormous amount of poor-rates in England would effect more good than double the sum in the hands of parishes.

1850 Liverpool Mercury 8 Jan. A system which should be centrally administered would not be national.

1906 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Soc. Sci. 27 66 The ‘Administrative County of London’, centrally governed by the elective London County Council.

1966 Japanese Jrnl. Pharmacol. 16 276 (title) Effects of some centrally acting drugs on food intake of normal and hypothalamus-lesioned rats.

2012 Australian (Nexis) 10 July (World section) 10 A large investment program..was able to be implemented rapidly because of the structure of a centrally controlled, command economy.

Compounds

centrally heated adj. (of a building or room) fitted with a central heating system; heated by means of central heating.

ΚΠ

1907 Sci. Amer. 5 Oct. 245/4 Thermostat for centrally-heated plants.

1938 L. MacNeice Earth Compels 55 Over the street in the centrally heated public Library.

2010 Guardian 20 Mar. 27/4 Neither could they have foreseen a Scottish feudal feud transposed to a centrally heated Kelvinside villa.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	centrally
释义	centrallyadv. Brit. /ˈsɛntrəli/, /ˈsɛntrl̩i/, U.S. /ˈsɛntrəli/ Forms: late Middle English centraly, 1600s– centrally. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: Latin centrālis , -ly suffix², central adj. Etymology: Originally < classical Latin centrālis central adj. + -ly suffix², after post-classical Latin centraliter (13th cent. in British sources; 1363 in Chauliac). In later use re-formed < central adj. + -ly suffix². 1. In a central position or location; in, towards, or with regard to the (physical or metaphorical) centre. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > central condition or position > [adverb] centrally?a1425 centricallya1631 medially1856 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 15 (MED) Þe herte..is sette in middes of þe brest..And þat is vnderstonden centraly ffor as vn to þe neþermore parte it semeþ a litel for to declyne to þe lefte partie for þe place of þe lyuer. As to þe vppermore partie vn to þe riȝt side, þat it giffe place to þe arteriez. 1631 R. Fludd Answer vnto M. Foster ii. iii. 90 The spirit centrally resting in the blood, doth miraculously emanate and flow forth, and make fluent againe, the blood, as being stirred vp by the like spirit antipathetically. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. ii. xxxiii Sith all forms in our soul be counite And centrally lie there. 1753 Scots Mag. Sept. 457/2 The sun will be centrally and totally eclipsed. 1799 W. Lempriere Pract. Observ. Dis. Army in Jamaica II. ix. 154 The Trelawney Maroon Town..is centrally placed between the north and south sides of the island. 1862 M. Hopkins Hawaii 3 Situated somewhat centrally. 1869 J. Phillips Vesuvius x. 274 An octahedron or double pyramid, whose solid angles meet the inner faces of the prism centrally. 1900 Motor World 8 Nov. 100/1 The motor is located centrally of the vehicle. 1952 R. Jakobson et al. Prelim. Speech Anal. 27 In the consonants, compactness is displayed by a predominant formant region, centrally located. 1988 P. P. Hill French Perceptions Early Amer. Republic iii. 64 Barbé-Marbois..as consul general was centrally placed to give an accurate overview. 2015 Bangalore Mirror (Nexis) 11 Feb. It might be worthwhile to put our places on rent and find a nicer, more centrally located house for ourselves. 2. With respect to the heart or core of something; fundamentally, essentially; with central significance. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [adverb] radically?a1425 fundamentallyc1449 primordially1604 primitively1610 cardinally1631 at (the) root1638 centrally1646 ultimately1660 au fond1782 basally1882 basically1903 1646 H. More Particular Interpr. in Democritus Platonissans sig. D7 Fire and water, which are the corporeall or materiall principles of all things, changed or disgregated (if they be centrally distinguishable) and again mingled by the virtue of Physis or Spermaticall life of the world. 1700 T. Tryon Lett. Several Occasions iv. 32 Seeing these fine things hath so deeply and so centrally awakened the imaginative and secret powers of the Mind, that they can hardly eat their Dinner. 1755 tr. N. L. von Zinzendorf Expos. 34 As soon as Holy Scripture will express the Matter centrally and compendiously. 1836 Mag. Nat. Hist. 9 514 In very many groups, the largest species are among the most centrally typical. 1887 Mind 12 94 The most centrally important part of Kant's work. 1953 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Nov. 744/4 When we talk of the ‘real facts’ we mean neither the only facts nor the hidden facts but the facts that strike us as centrally significant. 2011 Atlantic Dec. 44/3 Novels in which he appears, peripherally or centrally. 3. From the centre; by means of a centralized organization or structure. ΚΠ 1837 A. Slade Turkey, Greece & Malta I. iii. 109 Administered centrally, the enormous amount of poor-rates in England would effect more good than double the sum in the hands of parishes. 1850 Liverpool Mercury 8 Jan. A system which should be centrally administered would not be national. 1906 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Soc. Sci. 27 66 The ‘Administrative County of London’, centrally governed by the elective London County Council. 1966 Japanese Jrnl. Pharmacol. 16 276 (title) Effects of some centrally acting drugs on food intake of normal and hypothalamus-lesioned rats. 2012 Australian (Nexis) 10 July (World section) 10 A large investment program..was able to be implemented rapidly because of the structure of a centrally controlled, command economy. Compounds centrally heated adj. (of a building or room) fitted with a central heating system; heated by means of central heating. ΚΠ 1907 Sci. Amer. 5 Oct. 245/4 Thermostat for centrally-heated plants. 1938 L. MacNeice Earth Compels 55 Over the street in the centrally heated public Library. 2010 Guardian 20 Mar. 27/4 Neither could they have foreseen a Scottish feudal feud transposed to a centrally heated Kelvinside villa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.?a1425
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