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单词 conservatively
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conservativelyadv.

Brit. /kənˈsəːvətᵻvli/, U.S. /kənˈsərvədᵻvli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: conservative adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < conservative adj. + -ly suffix2.
In a conservative way (see conservative adj.); spec. in a manner averse to change or innovation; not radically; conventionally, traditionally; (also) cautiously, prudently, moderately.In quot. 1745: †in a manner that conserves or preserves something (obsolete).
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [adverb] > and moderately
conservatively1745
society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [adverb] > in Conservative manner
conservatively1834
the world > relative properties > measurement > [adverb] > cautiously (of estimate of amount)
conservatively1904
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [adverb] > by way of underestimation or undervaluing
sinisterly1529
diminutively1613
inappreciatively1881
pejoratively1890
conservatively1904
meiotically1935
1745 D. De Coetlogon Universal Hist. Arts & Sci. II. 212 The habitual Grace renders an intelligent Creature holy..either dispositively, in disposing to Sanctity; or conservatively, in preserving the Holiness.
1834 C. C. F. Greville Mem. 24 Dec. (1874) III. xxvi. 180 When a standard was set up..on Conservatively Liberal principles.
1875 Times 13 May 9 The strong terms sometimes employed by the favourers of these changes were rather startling to the nerves of the more conservatively inclined.
1904 San Francisco Chron. 12 July 7 Wearing a diamond pin, conservatively valued at $75.
1906 Daily Chron. 8 Nov. 5/3 Modification of the tariff and public ownership inaugurated, but both should be done cautiously and conservatively.
1928 F. N. Hart Bellamy Trial i. 2 There were, conservatively, about three thousand crowding the corridors and walking the streets.
1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential iii. xxvi. 313 Conservatively groomed men, whom you would mistake for bankers.
1991 P. Slater Dream Deferred ii. xiii. 162 The income from a billion dollars, invested conservatively, is over one hundred million dollars a year.
2007 Smithsonian July 94/3 Social scientists conservatively estimate that ‘misassigned’ paternity occurs in about 10 percent of all human births.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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