单词 | exacting |
释义 | exactingn. The action of exact v. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > compelling the fulfilment or performance of enforcement1609 exacting1666 exaction1674 exactment1808 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 537 Disguise shall by th'disguised Pay with falshood, false exacting . View more context for this quotation 1666 R. South Serm. preached at Lambeth-Chappel 9 By a vigilant exacting from them [sc. teachers]..the instruction of their respective Flocks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). exactingadj. That exacts, in senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > tax collection > [adjective] exactinga1618 a1618 W. Raleigh Prerogatiue Parl. (1628) 9 Hee called all his exacting officers to accompt. 2. That demands excessive payment, extortionate. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [adjective] writhinga1529 torcenous1532 bloodsucking1548 racking1576 exacting1583 extorting1598 extortious1607 sharking1608 wringing1620 exactious1630 extortionizing1630 extortionable1632 extortioninga1641 extortionous1644 extortive1646 screwing1647 extracting1654 hirudinous1654 rack-renting1779 extortionate1789 extortionary1805 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. M1v If he for the execution therof shuld aske me more..than we agreed for, were not this man a naughtie, exacting, and fraudulent felowe? 3. Of persons, their feelings, temper, etc.: That requires or is disposed to require too great advantages, exertions, or sacrifices. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or exacting importunea1425 importunate1490 exacting1635 society > authority > strictness > [adjective] > exacting exigeant1789 exigent1790 exactive1822 exacting1847 sweaty1919 ball-busting1978 1635 W. Habington Castara (ed. 2) ii. 162 Set At liberty by death thou owest no debt T' exacting Nature. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xl. 407 Mrs. Skewton..was in the irresolute, exacting, jealous temper that had developed itself on her recovery. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule ix. 138 You are naturally jealous and exacting. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal I. i. 4 All the exacting ideas of early youth in relation to love and lovers. Derivatives eˈxactingly adv. in an exacting manner. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [adverb] > in exacting manner exigently1832 exactingly1849 the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adverb] > in an exacting manner importunately1561 exactingly1849 1849 Literary World (N.Y.) 7 July 4 It [sc. truth] applies to particulars as exactingly as to generals. eˈxactingness n. the quality of being exacting. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [noun] > exactingness exactiveness1628 exigence1839 exactingness1866 the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > quality of being difficult or exacting exactiveness1628 rigours1861 exactingness1866 demandingness1930 1866 Contemp. Rev. 2 188 A sensitiveness about his own position..which might have turned to jealous exactingness. 1889 J. Morley Walpole 107 The boundless activity and exactingness of a reformed House of Commons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1616adj.1583 |
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