ambitiouslyadv.

Brit.

/amˈbɪʃəsli/, U.S.

/æmˈbɪʃəsli/

Forms: see ambitious adj. and n. and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ambitious adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < ambitious adj. + -ly suffix².Compare Middle French, French ambitieusement (c1355). With sense 2 compare ambition n. 6.

1. In an ambitious manner (see ambitious adj. 1a); with strong desire to attain a high position, or succeed, excel, or prosper.In quot. c1450: presumptuously.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [adverb]

ambitiouslyc1450

aspiringly1640

Diotrephetically1660

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > [adverb]

ambitiouslyc1450

vaultingly1890

big1903

c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies ii. vi, in Anglia (1885) 8 167 (MED) Leste he schulde ambiciously occupye þe stede of anoþer man, the wyse man..resigned þat oþere prouendere.

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iii. vii. f. liiij^v Alle other generally, that hauen set their hertes ambiciously for to kepen and assemblen sommes of Tresour.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 19 Princes that striue..Ambitiously for Rule and Emperie.

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 70 Martyrdome, as it is not cowardly to be declined, so it is not ambitiously to be affected.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 116 A croud of rivals, who ambitiously disputed the hand of the princess.

1889 Expositor 9 357 The tendency is to shrink from such offices, rather than to covet and ambitiously appropriate them.

1906 J. London White Fang ii. i. 49 It was he who snarled warningly at the younger members of the pack or slashed at them with his fangs when they ambitiously tried to pass him.

2000 P. D. Wiggins Donne, Castiglione, & Poetry of Courtliness 4 Donne was ambitiously seeking a place in the political establishment.

†2. By underhand means, in order to gain an office or position. Cf. ambition n. 6. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adverb]

clawingly1566

fawningly1591

ambitiously1598

adulatoriously1601

sycophantically1643

sycophantly1672

smoothingly1843

sycophantishly1847

insinuatingly1860

ingratiatingly1886

1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iv. i. 89 Neither did he abstaine from ambitiously courting the Senators [L. neque senatorio ambitu abstinebat].

3. With the intention of creating or achieving something unusually complex, difficult, or impressive, typically involving a high degree of skill, dedication, etc.; (also in early use) in an excessively complex manner; pretentiously. Cf. ambitious adj. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > [adverb] > of works of art

ambitiously1768

1768 Crit. Rev. Sept. 191 The number of those who ambitiously write upon the model of Spenser's Faery Queen.

1822 New Monthly Mag. 5 332 Scenic description..laboriously and ambitiously worked up.

1867 Spectator 9 Feb. 161/2 The greater number of the characters..are ambitiously conceived shadows, which seem to be striving vainly after a personality which they never attain.

1927 Jrnl. Dental Res. Sept. 235 Why not talk ambitiously and plan ambitiously?

1989 New Yorker 18 Sept. 28/1 The script..is ambitiously constructed, tracing the relationships of several boomer-age parents with their kids, their siblings, and their own parents.

2011 Independent 7 Mar. (Viewspaper section) 22/1 What Professor Cox was introducing us to here was ideas about deep time and—more ambitiously—the concept of entropy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ambitiously
释义	ambitiouslyadv. Brit. /amˈbɪʃəsli/, U.S. /æmˈbɪʃəsli/ Forms: see ambitious adj. and n. and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ambitious adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < ambitious adj. + -ly suffix².Compare Middle French, French ambitieusement (c1355). With sense 2 compare ambition n. 6. 1. In an ambitious manner (see ambitious adj. 1a); with strong desire to attain a high position, or succeed, excel, or prosper.In quot. c1450: presumptuously. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > aspiration, ambition > [adverb] ambitiouslyc1450 aspiringly1640 Diotrephetically1660 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > [adverb] ambitiouslyc1450 vaultingly1890 big1903 c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies ii. vi, in Anglia (1885) 8 167 (MED) Leste he schulde ambiciously occupye þe stede of anoþer man, the wyse man..resigned þat oþere prouendere. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iii. vii. f. liiij^v Alle other generally, that hauen set their hertes ambiciously for to kepen and assemblen sommes of Tresour. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 19 Princes that striue..Ambitiously for Rule and Emperie. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ii. 70 Martyrdome, as it is not cowardly to be declined, so it is not ambitiously to be affected. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 116 A croud of rivals, who ambitiously disputed the hand of the princess. 1889 Expositor 9 357 The tendency is to shrink from such offices, rather than to covet and ambitiously appropriate them. 1906 J. London White Fang ii. i. 49 It was he who snarled warningly at the younger members of the pack or slashed at them with his fangs when they ambitiously tried to pass him. 2000 P. D. Wiggins Donne, Castiglione, & Poetry of Courtliness 4 Donne was ambitiously seeking a place in the political establishment. †2. By underhand means, in order to gain an office or position. Cf. ambition n. 6. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [adverb] clawingly1566 fawningly1591 ambitiously1598 adulatoriously1601 sycophantically1643 sycophantly1672 smoothingly1843 sycophantishly1847 insinuatingly1860 ingratiatingly1886 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iv. i. 89 Neither did he abstaine from ambitiously courting the Senators [L. neque senatorio ambitu abstinebat]. 3. With the intention of creating or achieving something unusually complex, difficult, or impressive, typically involving a high degree of skill, dedication, etc.; (also in early use) in an excessively complex manner; pretentiously. Cf. ambitious adj. 3a. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > [adverb] > of works of art ambitiously1768 1768 Crit. Rev. Sept. 191 The number of those who ambitiously write upon the model of Spenser's Faery Queen. 1822 New Monthly Mag. 5 332 Scenic description..laboriously and ambitiously worked up. 1867 Spectator 9 Feb. 161/2 The greater number of the characters..are ambitiously conceived shadows, which seem to be striving vainly after a personality which they never attain. 1927 Jrnl. Dental Res. Sept. 235 Why not talk ambitiously and plan ambitiously? 1989 New Yorker 18 Sept. 28/1 The script..is ambitiously constructed, tracing the relationships of several boomer-age parents with their kids, their siblings, and their own parents. 2011 Independent 7 Mar. (Viewspaper section) 22/1 What Professor Cox was introducing us to here was ideas about deep time and—more ambitiously—the concept of entropy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1450
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