diminishinglyadv.

Etymology: < diminishing adj. + -ly suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈminishingly.

1. In a diminishing manner or degree; decreasingly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb]

decreasingly1822

diminishingly1827

a-wane1876

reductionally1967

1827 Examiner 262/1 The light..is spread diminishingly over the picture.

1873 Contemp. Rev. 21 449 Most powerful and varied in man, diminishingly so in the lower animals.

†2. Disparagingly, depreciatively. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > [adverb]

sinisterlya1492

vilipendiously1536

unworthily1589

detractingly1598

derogatorily1603

diminutively1613

derogatelya1616

diminishingly1672

disparagingly1707

depreciatingly1837

1672 Mede's Wks., Life 7 Some..were induc'd to speak somewhat diminishingly, and below the worth of his [Mede's] Clavis and Commentary upon the Apocalyps.

1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility vi. 289 To lessen and vilify himself, and speak very diminishingly..of his own worth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	diminishingly
释义	diminishinglyadv. Etymology: < diminishing adj. + -ly suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈminishingly. 1. In a diminishing manner or degree; decreasingly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adverb] decreasingly1822 diminishingly1827 a-wane1876 reductionally1967 1827 Examiner 262/1 The light..is spread diminishingly over the picture. 1873 Contemp. Rev. 21 449 Most powerful and varied in man, diminishingly so in the lower animals. †2. Disparagingly, depreciatively. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > [adverb] sinisterlya1492 vilipendiously1536 unworthily1589 detractingly1598 derogatorily1603 diminutively1613 derogatelya1616 diminishingly1672 disparagingly1707 depreciatingly1837 1672 Mede's Wks., Life 7 Some..were induc'd to speak somewhat diminishingly, and below the worth of his [Mede's] Clavis and Commentary upon the Apocalyps. 1707 J. Norris Pract. Treat. Humility vi. 289 To lessen and vilify himself, and speak very diminishingly..of his own worth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adv.1672
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