单词 | costively |
释义 | costivelyadv. In a costive manner (in various senses of the adjective). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > [adverb] unwillc893 uneathc900 unthankc960 latelyOE against a person's willa1225 loatha1340 grutchingly1340 at one's unthanksa1400 wandsomely?a1400 at (or again) one's unwillesc1400 uneathsa1425 unwilfully1435 invitec1450 tarrowinglyc1480 scantly1509 nicely1530 tarryingly1530 unwillingly?1531 loathly1547 faintly1548 evil-willingly1549 grudgingly1549 difficultly1551 loathsomely1561 dangerously1573 ill-willing1579 backwardlya1586 costively1598 with an ill will1601 with (a) bad (also ill) grace1614 sadly1622 tenderlya1628 reluctantly1646 shyly1701 uncheerfully1754 à contre-coeur1803 shrinkingly1817 retractatively1851 begrudgingly1853 forcibly1867 loathfully1887 tharfly1894 the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adverb] narrowlya1250 feeblyc1290 scarcely1340 straitly1340 strait1390 niggardly?1529 nighly1548 pinchingly1561 close-fisted1575 hard1580 niggishly1580 nearly1591 mincingly1593 costively1598 penuriously1616 neara1625 scantingly1627 parsimoniouslya1634 scrapingly1680 stingily1682 scrimply1690 sneakingly1695 churlishly1875 curmudgeonly1879 skinflintily1899 mingily1958 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes at Stiticamente Restrictiuely, stiptikly, costiuely, stoppinglie. 1666 P. Paravicino Short Ital. Dict. sig. D5/2 Stiticamente, costivly, harshly. 1774 T. Dawson Cases in Acute Rheumatism 83 His thirst considerable, his general habit costively inclined. 1822 Edinb. Mag. Feb. 212/2 Giving their ill-digested thoughts costively forth in drily-concocted harangues. 1858 T. J. Hogg Life Shelley I. 295 Scanty information, costively imparted. 1915 S. R. Crockett Hal o' Ironsides xi. 108 No county gave so liberally as Cambridge—no town so grudgingly and costively as the University seat. 1968 M. G. Kammen Rope of Sand iii. 43 Ironically the provincials invested extensive financial authority in the very men they treated costively in terms of political responsibility and information. 2005 Weekend Austral. (Sydney) (Nexis) 17 Dec. (Review) 10 White's account opens a little costively, as if it gives him no joy to reminisce about boyhood. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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