epidemicallyadv.

Brit.

/ˌɛpᵻˈdɛmᵻkli/, U.S.

/ˌɛpəˈdɛmək(ə)li/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: epidemical adj., -ly suffix²; epidemic adj., -ally suffix.

Etymology: Either < epidemical adj. + -ly suffix², or < epidemic adj. + -ally suffix.

1. Widely, extensively; generally. Usually with reference to something undesirable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > prevalently

rivedlyc1300

rifely1357

currently1579

widely1579

vulgarly1617

epidemically1641

endemically1661

prevalently1709

1641 Frogges of Egypt 2 They were heretofore so Epidemically strict, that they would not bate us a pin in their exactions.

a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) VI. 372 An ingredient should be generally friendly, before it be entertained epidemically in our daily diet.

1733 Weekly Reg. 21 Apr. Of all the Anti-Cardinals, if the Suffrages of Mankind were to be taken, none would be found so epidemically despis'd or arraign'd as Ingratitude.

1855 Leeds Intelligencer 13 Nov. 2/4 A morbid desire to buy cheap will always prevail on some minds. But that it should be found epidemically, is a matter to be deeply lamented.

1997 K. D. Askin War Crimes against Women ii. 61 That rape occurs epidemically is indicative that rape is a by-product of all wars.

2. In the manner of an epidemic of disease; in an epidemic or epidemics.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [adverb] > epidemic disease

epidemically1655

1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick xvii. i. 639 Whence it comes to pass that sometimes the smal Pocks and sometimes the Measles are Epidemically [L. populariter] spread abroad.

1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Five Treat. Sporadical, that seaseth not after an usual manner; diseases that seize privatly here and there on People dispersedly, not generally or epidemically.

1797 W. Bay Inaug. Diss. Dysentery ii. 68 We are necessarily led to consider the phenomena of these diseases, as arising sporadically, endemically, and epidemically.

1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 380 Cholera and small-pox generally make their appearance epidemically once or twice a year.

1927 S. Lewis Elmer Gantry xiv. 208 Lots of people who just come to a revival for a good time are moved to conviction epidemically, by seeing others shaken.

2009 E. D. Barnett in E. Schwartz Trop. Dis. Travelers x. 82/1 Yellow fever..occurs both endemically and epidemically in parts of South America and Africa.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).

单词	epidemically
释义	epidemicallyadv. Brit. /ˌɛpᵻˈdɛmᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌɛpəˈdɛmək(ə)li/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: epidemical adj., -ly suffix²; epidemic adj., -ally suffix. Etymology: Either < epidemical adj. + -ly suffix², or < epidemic adj. + -ally suffix. 1. Widely, extensively; generally. Usually with reference to something undesirable. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adverb] > prevalently rivedlyc1300 rifely1357 currently1579 widely1579 vulgarly1617 epidemically1641 endemically1661 prevalently1709 1641 Frogges of Egypt 2 They were heretofore so Epidemically strict, that they would not bate us a pin in their exactions. a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) VI. 372 An ingredient should be generally friendly, before it be entertained epidemically in our daily diet. 1733 Weekly Reg. 21 Apr. Of all the Anti-Cardinals, if the Suffrages of Mankind were to be taken, none would be found so epidemically despis'd or arraign'd as Ingratitude. 1855 Leeds Intelligencer 13 Nov. 2/4 A morbid desire to buy cheap will always prevail on some minds. But that it should be found epidemically, is a matter to be deeply lamented. 1997 K. D. Askin War Crimes against Women ii. 61 That rape occurs epidemically is indicative that rape is a by-product of all wars. 2. In the manner of an epidemic of disease; in an epidemic or epidemics. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [adverb] > epidemic disease epidemically1655 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick xvii. i. 639 Whence it comes to pass that sometimes the smal Pocks and sometimes the Measles are Epidemically [L. populariter] spread abroad. 1681 Table of Hard Words in S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Five Treat. Sporadical, that seaseth not after an usual manner; diseases that seize privatly here and there on People dispersedly, not generally or epidemically. 1797 W. Bay Inaug. Diss. Dysentery ii. 68 We are necessarily led to consider the phenomena of these diseases, as arising sporadically, endemically, and epidemically. 1854 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. Brit. India (ed. 3) 380 Cholera and small-pox generally make their appearance epidemically once or twice a year. 1927 S. Lewis Elmer Gantry xiv. 208 Lots of people who just come to a revival for a good time are moved to conviction epidemically, by seeing others shaken. 2009 E. D. Barnett in E. Schwartz Trop. Dis. Travelers x. 82/1 Yellow fever..occurs both endemically and epidemically in parts of South America and Africa. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < adv.1641
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