单词 | extremely |
释义 | extremelyadv. a. To the uttermost degree: in or with a very great degree of some quality, esp. severity. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > in the greatest degree or most > in or to the highest degree principallyc1390 speciallya1425 consummately1529 extremelya1533 out1555 pre-eminently1590 superlatively1596 supremely1597 supereminently1610 super-superlatively1632 ad extremum1640 highest1726 supernally1874 a1533 J. Frith Mirroure (?1536) iii. sig. Bi That thy negligence..be not..extremely imputed vnto the. 1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) II. 2129/1 He was extreamly racked, within halfe a finger breadth as farre as Anne Askew. 1661 S. Pepys Diary 2 Nov. (1970) II. 207 I did extremely beat him. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 13 It must be extreamly beaten, which will break all the Knots of Lime. 1709 J. Swift in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 340 A sine-cure..which..would fitt me extremely. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I lxxvi. 41 She..look'd extremely at the opening door. ΚΠ 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Use Sicke Men f. li, in Bulwarke of Defence Twoo humours, equall aboundyng together, extremely in superfluite. 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 53 A widdow..extreamly in want. 2. In an extreme degree; exceedingly, very much. a. with verbs. Now somewhat rare. ΚΠ 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 122 You must not suffer your Horse to drinke after his iourney, tyll he be colde: howbeit, yf he sweate not to extreamely..it is not so daungerous. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. ii. 12 One of his men..vrg'd extreamly for't..and yet was deny'de. View more context for this quotation 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 19 The Seas sweld extremely. 1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. Pref. 31 Many who stuttered extreamly. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 121 The cause of the cohesion of matter has extremely perplexed philosophers. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 85 The king was extremely astonished. b. with adjectives, participles, or adverbs. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly swithlyc888 micklelyeOE swith971 hardOE un-i-fohOE sevenfoldlOE unmeet?c1225 innerlyc1330 horribly1340 too1340 sore1474 horriblec1475 vehemently1483 outrageous1487 done?a1513 exquisite1529 strangely1532 exceeding1535 exceedingly1535 angardlyc1540 angerlyc1540 choicec1540 vengeable1542 vengeably?1550 extremelya1554 monstrous1569 thrice1579 amain1587 extremea1591 damnably1598 fellc1600 tyrannically1602 exquisitely1603 damnedly1607 preciously1607 damnablea1616 impensively1620 excellingly1621 main1632 fearful1634 vengeancelya1640 upsy1650 impensely1657 twadding1657 vastly1664 hideous1667 mainly1670 consumed1707 consumedly1707 outrageously1749 damned1757 nation1771 shockingly1777 deuced1779 darn1789 darned1807 felly1807 varsal1814 awful1816 awfy1816 frightfully1816 deucedly1819 dogged1819 awfully1820 gallowsa1823 shocking1831 tremendously1832 everlasting1833 terribly1833 fearfully1835 ripping1838 poison1840 thundering1853 frighteninglyc1854 raring1854 hell's own1863 goldarned1866 goddamned1870 doggone1871 acutely1872 whooping1874 stupidly1878 everlastingly1879 hideously1882 densely1883 storming1883 good and1885 thunderingly1885 crazy1887 tremendous1887 madly1888 goldarn1892 howling1895 murderously1916 rasted1919 goddam1921 bitchingly1923 Christly1923 bitching1929 falling-down1930 lousy1932 appallingly1937 stratospherically1941 Christ almighty1945 effing1945 focking1956 dagnab1961 drop-dead1980 hella1987 totes2006 a1554 J. Croke tr. Thirteen Psalms (1844) xxxviii. 11 I am made feble like a wretch, Extremely croked, backe and bone. 1644 J. Milton Of Educ. 7 If wise men & prophets be not extreamly out. 1702 in Rous's Academia Cœlestis Advt. sig. A3v It was so extreamly Dangerous. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. iii. 24 The Mediterranean..was..extreamly favourable to the infant navigation of the world. View more context for this quotation 1808 H. More Cœlebs in Search of Wife I. v. 55 They..used the strongest terms..They were extremely glad, and extremely sorry. 1889 Sat. Rev. 23 Mar. 335/1 Only an extremely strong and an extremely cool man could make the beating adequate to the offence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.a1533 |
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