单词 | always-planned |
释义 | > as lemmasalways-planned C1. With adjectives in attributive use, as always-immaculate, always-planned, always-popular, always-quotable, always-ready, etc. Cf. always-on adj., ever adv. and adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1589 J. Lea in tr. D. F. R. de M. Answer Vntruthes Ep. Ded. sig. A3v Who seeth not..the fulnes of Religion that shineth in your Majestie, the alwaies opened large hand to the poore. a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1684) 73 This great variety of Figg Trees, as precocious, proterical, biferous, triferous, and always-bearing Trees. 1762 B. F. E. tr. M.-A. Marin Perfect Relig. ii. lxxi. 133 Let her be known for a chaste Spouse of a Man-God in the soberness of her looks,..in the always regular posture of her body. 1829 S. Morgan Bk. Boudoir I. 11 ‘The reason’, says the always quotable Madame de Sévigné, ‘why devotees love their confessors, is [etc.].’ 1851 Knickerbocker Oct. 471 Mrs. Mowatt's triumphant engagement was followed by that of the always-popular Ravels. 1855 W. Whitman Leaves of Grass 27 Sea of unshovelled and always-ready graves! 1902 Academy 16 Aug. 183/1 The spirit who is not weighed down with the cares of an always-ageing body. 1927 Daily Express 12 Mar. 3/5 Sedge, a bright shade similar to the always popular almond, but with a tendency towards jade. 1955 P. Larkin Less Deceived 39 Bargains, suffering, and love, Not this always-planned salute. 1995 Face Jan. 42/2 Slater's enduring pin-up appeal is due in equal part to his non-threatening good looks and always-immaculate hair. < as lemmas |
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