eccentricallyadv.

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

In an eccentric direction or manner.

1. Not concentrically; not symmetrically with respect to the centre.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adverb] > asymmetrically

eccentricallya1687

unsymmetrically1755

asymmetrically1877

lopsidedly1896

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adverb] > asymmetrically > about centre

eccentrically1849–52

off-centre1960

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 93 A Wheel..excentrically hung neither moves so easily nor performs its work so truely.

1708 Brit. Apollo: Supernumerary Paper Apr. [The Moon] moves Eccentrically with Respect to Us.

1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 1206/1 The liver cells in Boltenia are..arranged in eccentrically radiated groups.

1875 T. Laslett Timber & Timber Trees 8 The pith is excentrically placed.

2. Out of one's proper sphere; irregularly; in modern use, oddly, whimsically, strangely.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adverb]

confusedly1553

irregularly1595

oddly1597

rudely1656

eccentrically1678

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adverb] > not according to standard behaviour

irregularly1591

exorbitantlya1635

featly1674

unorthodoxically1733

eccentrically1737

unorthodoxly1798

nonconformably1860

kinkily1934

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adverb] > eccentric or cranky

eccentrically1737

off-centre1876

dottily1937

wackily1961

kookily1968

1678 Young Man's Calling 55 Prudence is herein very sollicitous..That nothing be done excentrically.

1737 Common Sense 10 Sept. Women..are confined within the narrow Limits of Domestic Offices, and when they stray beyond them, they move excentrically, and consequently without Grace.

1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. i. 4 The skylight, eccentrically patched like a broken head.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	eccentrically
释义	eccentricallyadv. Etymology: < eccentrical adj. + -ly suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ecˈcentrically. In an eccentric direction or manner. 1. Not concentrically; not symmetrically with respect to the centre. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adverb] > asymmetrically eccentricallya1687 unsymmetrically1755 asymmetrically1877 lopsidedly1896 the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adverb] > asymmetrically > about centre eccentrically1849–52 off-centre1960 a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1690) 93 A Wheel..excentrically hung neither moves so easily nor performs its work so truely. 1708 Brit. Apollo: Supernumerary Paper Apr. [The Moon] moves Eccentrically with Respect to Us. 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 1206/1 The liver cells in Boltenia are..arranged in eccentrically radiated groups. 1875 T. Laslett Timber & Timber Trees 8 The pith is excentrically placed. 2. Out of one's proper sphere; irregularly; in modern use, oddly, whimsically, strangely. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adverb] confusedly1553 irregularly1595 oddly1597 rudely1656 eccentrically1678 the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adverb] > not according to standard behaviour irregularly1591 exorbitantlya1635 featly1674 unorthodoxically1733 eccentrically1737 unorthodoxly1798 nonconformably1860 kinkily1934 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adverb] > eccentric or cranky eccentrically1737 off-centre1876 dottily1937 wackily1961 kookily1968 1678 Young Man's Calling 55 Prudence is herein very sollicitous..That nothing be done excentrically. 1737 Common Sense 10 Sept. Women..are confined within the narrow Limits of Domestic Offices, and when they stray beyond them, they move excentrically, and consequently without Grace. 1861 C. Dickens Great Expectations II. i. 4 The skylight, eccentrically patched like a broken head. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.1678
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