单词 | consummately |
释义 | consummatelyadv. To the highest degree; completely, perfectly, supremely. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adverb] fullfremedlyOE to envyc1369 to a wish1390 perfectlyc1395 consummately1529 sincerely1583 to the (also a) nail?1611 like a tansy1619 magisterially1625 (up) to the nines (rarely nine)?1719 puffickly1858 quintessentially1866 to the (also a) queen's taste1880 A-OK1961 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > in the greatest degree or most > in or to the highest degree principallyc1390 speciallya1425 consummately1529 extremelya1533 out1555 pre-eminently1590 superlatively1596 supremely1597 supereminently1610 super-superlatively1632 ad extremum1640 highest1726 supernally1874 1529 tr. Erasmus Exhort. Studye Script. sig. A.ii Christ him silfe hath both taught and also done these thinges more consummatly then eny other. 1613 J. Salkeld Treat. Angels 122 But this could not be so, that hee was created so consummately perfect. a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 65 Her Heav'nly Babe she held in her Embrace, Consummately to bless the Holy Place. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. liv. 239 This consummately bad man. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. iv. 225 Consummately impudent. 1880 B. Disraeli Endymion I. v. 45 Though her mien was in general haughty, she flattered Zenobia, and consummately. 1913 E. C. Bentley Trent's Last Case vi. 125 Mr. Bunner then looked the consummately cool and sagacious Yankee that he was. 1947 Jrnl. Econ. Hist. 7 16 [He] had crowned a career of astounding performances by consummately destroying everything he had done. 2003 New Yorker 21 Apr. 147/1 When a valued employee chose to leave M.C.A., it was perceived as a consummately disloyal act. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1529 |
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