climacticallyadv.

Brit.

/klʌɪˈmaktᵻkli/, U.S.

/klaɪˈmæktək(ə)li/

Forms:

α. 1600s–1700s climatically.

β. 1800s– climactically.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek κλίματ- , κλίμα , -ically suffix, climactical adj.

Etymology: Apparently (in α. forms) < Hellenistic Greek κλίματ-, κλίμα slope (see climate n.¹), taken in the sense of ancient Greek κλῖμαξ ladder, climax (see climax n.) + -ically suffix. Subsequently (in β. forms) remodelled after climactic adj., climactical adj.

In a climactic manner; by way of or towards a climax.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [adverb] > by auxesis or climax

climactically1622

auxetically1652

1622 T. Stoughton Christians Sacrifice xvi. 221 He speaketh climatically, that is, riseth by degrees higher and higher; from a reed shaken with the wind, to a man clothed in soft raiment.

1716 M. Davies Conclus. Diss. Physick 39 in Athenæ Britannicæ III Never to come out nor go beyond the Circle of ignorant Conjuration or conjur'd Ignorance, to which they seeme to be climatically doom'd and condemn'd.

1793 Fortnights Ramble through London 82 It is evidently the parent of many passions, rising climatically above each other in baseness, and despicability.

1857 C. J. Ellicott Crit. Comm. Philippians i. iii. 69/2 The present and two following clauses state the theological characteristics of the Apostle, arranged perhaps climactically.

1890 Hebraica 6 281 The three appearances of the angel are differently and climactically presented.

1936 N. Amer. Rev. 242 114 No events in life are as neatly ordered as is that arbitrary selection of incidents which we climactically arranged as a plot.

1977 Lat. Amer. Lit. Rev. 5 38 Sheer beauty of rhythm invades the poem; the finishing lines are climactically energized.

2015 Sunday Times (Nexis) 1 Mar. 21 He has a fine feel for each opera's dramatic tempo, and both end climactically.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	climactically
释义	climacticallyadv. Brit. /klʌɪˈmaktᵻkli/, U.S. /klaɪˈmæktək(ə)li/ Forms: α. 1600s–1700s climatically. β. 1800s– climactically. Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek κλίματ- , κλίμα , -ically suffix, climactical adj. Etymology: Apparently (in α. forms) < Hellenistic Greek κλίματ-, κλίμα slope (see climate n.¹), taken in the sense of ancient Greek κλῖμαξ ladder, climax (see climax n.) + -ically suffix. Subsequently (in β. forms) remodelled after climactic adj., climactical adj. In a climactic manner; by way of or towards a climax. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [adverb] > by auxesis or climax climactically1622 auxetically1652 1622 T. Stoughton Christians Sacrifice xvi. 221 He speaketh climatically, that is, riseth by degrees higher and higher; from a reed shaken with the wind, to a man clothed in soft raiment. 1716 M. Davies Conclus. Diss. Physick 39 in Athenæ Britannicæ III Never to come out nor go beyond the Circle of ignorant Conjuration or conjur'd Ignorance, to which they seeme to be climatically doom'd and condemn'd. 1793 Fortnights Ramble through London 82 It is evidently the parent of many passions, rising climatically above each other in baseness, and despicability. 1857 C. J. Ellicott Crit. Comm. Philippians i. iii. 69/2 The present and two following clauses state the theological characteristics of the Apostle, arranged perhaps climactically. 1890 Hebraica 6 281 The three appearances of the angel are differently and climactically presented. 1936 N. Amer. Rev. 242 114 No events in life are as neatly ordered as is that arbitrary selection of incidents which we climactically arranged as a plot. 1977 Lat. Amer. Lit. Rev. 5 38 Sheer beauty of rhythm invades the poem; the finishing lines are climactically energized. 2015 Sunday Times (Nexis) 1 Mar. 21 He has a fine feel for each opera's dramatic tempo, and both end climactically. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1622
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