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单词 costively
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costivelyadv.

Brit. /ˈkɒstᵻvli/, U.S. /ˈkɑstᵻvli/
Forms: see costive adj. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: costive adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < costive adj. + -ly suffix2.
In a costive manner (in various senses of the adjective).
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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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