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单词 changeably
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changeablyadv.

Brit. /ˈtʃeɪn(d)ʒəbli/, U.S. /ˈtʃeɪndʒəbli/
Forms: Middle English chanchabeliche, Middle English changeablely, Middle English chaungabely, Middle English chaungable, Middle English chaungeabli, Middle English–1500s chaungeably, 1500s changabley, 1500s chaungablie, 1500s–1600s changeablie, 1500s– changeably, 1600s–1700s changably.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: changeable adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < changeable adj. + -ly suffix2, partly after Anglo-Norman changablement, changeablement, chaungablement, chaunchablement alternately, in turn (mid 13th cent. or earlier), reciprocally (14th cent. or earlier). Compare unchangeably adv.
1.
a. Alternately; one after the other; in turn. Obsolete.In later use esp. with reference to the placement or features of heraldic arms.
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the world > time > change > alternation > [adverb]
changeablyc1384
alternately1432
interchangeably1483
handy-dandya1529
time about1537
by course1548
at (by) intervals1588
alternatively1591
reciprocally1603
by reprises1607
alternally1627
alterably1635
altern1667
alternate1715
by vicissitudes1749
alternatingly1845
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adverb] > alternately in order or position
changeablyc1384
alternately1432
alternatim1619
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. xv. 40 To vse chaungable [L. alternis autem uti]..is delitable.
a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 79 (MED) Þerfore schalt þou chaungabely mene þees two wordes, synne & God.
1486 Blasyng of Armys sig. d.iiv, in Bk. St. Albans So chaungeably she bare theys armys [of Englond and of Fraunce and of thempor of Almayn] in xvi. quarteris.
a1500 Rule Minoresses in W. W. Seton Two 15th Cent. Franciscan Rules (1914) 104 (MED) In alle oþer times boþe one & oþer schul stonden & sitte chaungeabli.
1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) viii. f. 103v Chaungeably she waxes calme, and stormes againe anon.
1668 E. Worsley Protestancy without Princ. ii. iii. 155 If the Churches Interpretation were as fallible as the Arians, Christians might indifferently Adhere to Either, yea, and changeably now take one, then the other as they please.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. v. 90/1 The highest row of leaves Gules, the next Argent, and so changeably.
1717 T. Abingdon Antiq. Cathedral Church Worcester 16 The double Rose within the Garter, and changeably over the Tomb of a great Lady.
b. spec. With reference to the ratification of a formal document: by way of exchange; mutually. Obsolete.Only in the formulaic phrase changeably have set (also put, put to) their seals.
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the world > time > change > exchange > [adverb]
therewithc1000
in changea1387
changeably1425
interchangeably1587
exchangeably1598
in kind1638
convertibly1710
interconvertibly1811
1425 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 229 (MED) The seid parties to these endentures changeablely haue set her seles.
1459 Wills & Indenture Ludlow in Middle Eng. Dict. at Chaungeabli In witnesse wherof as welle the seid Thomas as the seid William Coteman and John Tyrell, eyther to othir, haue chaungeably put to ther seales.
a1500 ( in J. S. Brewer Monumenta Franciscana (1858) 523 (MED) In wytnes wherof to these dedyd indentynd, aswell the sayd Maire and Aldermen and comnalte as the sayd freers chaungable haue put ther sealles.
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxxix/1 In wytnesse herof both partyes hath chaungeably sette their seales the day & tyme before reherssed.
2. In a manner likely or susceptible to change. Obsolete.
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the world > time > change > [adverb] > in a manner liable to change
changeablya1450
a1450 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Douce 295) viii. v. f. 184 The wise man takith hede to his paas And goth noth ne leuyth noth chaungeably aftir menys speche ne aftir lesynges but after the lawe of god þat is not chaungeable.
1574 A. Golding tr. T. de Bèze Bk. Christian Questions & Answers (new ed.) f. 66 God had created them but chaungeably good: for, too bee of it selfe vnchaungeably good, is peculiar onely vnto God alone.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xii. 207 God..created man good, howbeit chaungeably good; free from euill, howbeit so as he myght choose the euill.
1627 H. Scudder Christians Daily Walke ii. xv. 211 Adam was perfectly, but changeably holy.
1656 tr. T. White Peripateticall Inst. 106 They, whose brain is of a thin, and hot constitution,..opine rashly and changeably.
1713 E. Ward Hist. Grand Rebellion I. 136 Fate is oft so changably severe.
1794 Ethic Epist. to Earl of Carnarvon v. 139 Thy firm sign, less changeably which moves, More certainly thy true direction proves.
1866 Examiner 6 Oct. 632/3 A doctor..is fetched by Mary Barton to see Mrs Wilson, who is changeably compliant.
3. In a changing manner; with constant change, variety, or fluctuation.
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the world > time > change > [adverb]
inconstantly1549
changeably1567
changingly1580
variably?1591
fickle1596
unsettledlyc1598
mutably1611
changefully1615
up and down1643
veeringly1847
varyinglyc1862
kaleidoscopically1866
shiftily1878
modificationally1908
variationally1961
the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [adverb]
manifoldlyeOE
mislicheeOE
sere-wise1340
in (also on, by) sundry wisea1393
in sundry waysa1393
manifolda1400
manifoldwise1440
multifarya1450
sunderly?a1450
multiplyingly1483
sundrilya1500
several1551
changeably1567
sundrywise1591
severally1605
variously1627
miscellaneously1639
multifariously1657
variedly1827
1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest ii. f. 27v Man maye see howe Nature worketh in many, as in these and sixe hundred more like, after simple sort without any intermedling: In as many and rather mo as chaungablie.
1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) iv. i, in Wks. I. 218 His seuerall colours he weares; wherein he flourisheth changeably, euery day.
1677 W. Simpson Philos. Dialogues Princ. Nat. Bodies xiii. 134 The same Body so differently acted, and its parts transpos'd, may very changeably affect our Senses, after so many different manners.
a1783 A. E. Bleecker Posthumous Wks. (1793) 253 How lucid the water! its soft undulations Are changeably ting'd by the light.
1796 J. Tracy Short Mem. Hist. Families of Tracy & Courtenay i. 6 The name has been frequently varied in its orthography, and in England I find it, at different periods, thus changeably and corruptly wrote.
1848 Standard 21 Nov. The light..broke forth changeably in flashes of red, flame colour, and yellow.
1881 Chambers's Jrnl. 2 July 422/2 As the breeze plays over the surface..it is changeably mottled with silvery gray, tender blues, and brilliant emerald green.
1947 W. Sorell tr. W. Herzog From Dreyfus to Petain xvi. 240 Everything he did was done fleetingly, changeably, without thorough knowledge, without serious investigation or study.
2001 Callaloo 24 1201 The past presents itself fluidly, changeably, at least as much a work in progress as the present or future.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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