英语词汇“fair and softly”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Without excessive haste or force; steadily, carefully; gently. Frequently in conjunction with other adverbs, esp. (and in later use only) in fair and softly.Also in proverb fair and softly goes far.soft and fair, to swim fair: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adverb] > without harshness or gently

lightlyeOE

neshlyeOE

fairOE

neshc1175

softlyc1225

softa1325

hoolya1340

tenderlyc1385

soft and fair(ly)c1391

weakly1398

delicately?a1425

prettilyc1500

gently1533

gentle1548

breathingly1662

blandly1827

sparingly1863

piano1873

gauzily1903

creamily1948

OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 341 Pedetemtim : parum & parum, fægre.

c1200 (?OE) Grave (1890) l. 25 Al bið ðes faxes feirnes forsceden; Næle hit nan mit fingres feire stracien.

a1350 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Harl.) l. 125 in K. Böddeker Altengl. Dichtungen (1878) 293 When þe coppe is follest, þenne ber hire feyrest, Quoþ Hendyng.

c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 71 If thei [sc. the arms] ben hevy, go faire.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xviii. 22 The oste..rode fayre and easely all the daye.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fayre and..softlye, suspenso gradu.

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xiii. 32 Let them couple them vp agayne fayre and gently: for if one do roughly handle a young hound at the firste couplyng, he will not easily come agayne to the couplyng.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 267 The prouerbe is old and true, faire and softly goeth far.

1622 S. Ward Life of Faith in Death 63 Somtimes hee followes faire and a farre off, lingers aloofe and out of sight.

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxiii. 108 He returned fair and softly.

1717 Considerations Present State Great Brit. 31 King Charles..was for going fair and softly.

1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 85 So fair and softly, John he cried.

1804 M. Edgeworth Will ix, in Pop. Tales I. 228 Fair and softly goes far in a day.

1895 J. Baldwin Horse Fair 355 ‘Go fair and softly, please’, said John; ‘I 'm sure there is no hurry’.

1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow v. 130 ‘Fair and softly does it,’ cried his aunt... ‘You don't want to fall over yourself,’ said his uncle.

2003 Ledger (Lakeland, Florida) (Nexis) 4 Sept. f4 ‘Fair and softly goes far’, bridge players.

单词	fair and softly
释义	> as lemmas fair and softly a. Without excessive haste or force; steadily, carefully; gently. Frequently in conjunction with other adverbs, esp. (and in later use only) in fair and softly.Also in proverb fair and softly goes far.soft and fair, to swim fair: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adverb] > without harshness or gently lightlyeOE neshlyeOE fairOE neshc1175 softlyc1225 softa1325 hoolya1340 tenderlyc1385 soft and fair(ly)c1391 weakly1398 delicately?a1425 prettilyc1500 gently1533 gentle1548 breathingly1662 blandly1827 sparingly1863 piano1873 gauzily1903 creamily1948 OE Aldhelm Glosses (Brussels 1650) in L. Goossens Old Eng. Glosses of MS Brussels, Royal Libr. 1650 (1974) 341 Pedetemtim : parum & parum, fægre. c1200 (?OE) Grave (1890) l. 25 Al bið ðes faxes feirnes forsceden; Næle hit nan mit fingres feire stracien. a1350 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Harl.) l. 125 in K. Böddeker Altengl. Dichtungen (1878) 293 When þe coppe is follest, þenne ber hire feyrest, Quoþ Hendyng. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 71 If thei [sc. the arms] ben hevy, go faire. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xviii. 22 The oste..rode fayre and easely all the daye. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Fayre and..softlye, suspenso gradu. 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xiii. 32 Let them couple them vp agayne fayre and gently: for if one do roughly handle a young hound at the firste couplyng, he will not easily come agayne to the couplyng. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 267 The prouerbe is old and true, faire and softly goeth far. 1622 S. Ward Life of Faith in Death 63 Somtimes hee followes faire and a farre off, lingers aloofe and out of sight. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxiii. 108 He returned fair and softly. 1717 Considerations Present State Great Brit. 31 King Charles..was for going fair and softly. 1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 85 So fair and softly, John he cried. 1804 M. Edgeworth Will ix, in Pop. Tales I. 228 Fair and softly goes far in a day. 1895 J. Baldwin Horse Fair 355 ‘Go fair and softly, please’, said John; ‘I 'm sure there is no hurry’. 1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow v. 130 ‘Fair and softly does it,’ cried his aunt... ‘You don't want to fall over yourself,’ said his uncle. 2003 Ledger (Lakeland, Florida) (Nexis) 4 Sept. f4 ‘Fair and softly goes far’, bridge players. extracted from fairadv. < as lemmas
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