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单词 expressively
释义

expressivelyadv.

/ɛkˈsprɛsɪvli/
Etymology: < expressive adj. + -ly suffix2.
In an expressive manner; with expressive significance. †Formerly also, In respect of (practical) expression (obsolete).
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society > communication > expression > [adverb]
expressively?1623
society > communication > expression > [adverb] > in expressive manner
expressively?1623
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > high significance, expressiveness > [adverb]
significatively?a1475
significantly1577
expressively?1623
speakingly1640
meaninglya1750
significant1861
pregnantly1878
meaningfully1890
?1623 O. Felltham Resolues lxxxii. 265 We seldome finde the ignorant man honest; if hee bee mentally, yet hee failes expressieuely.
1640 G. Watts tr. F. Bacon Of Advancem. Learning ii. xiii. 114 Nature..is most expressively set forth with a biformed Body.
1762 L. Sterne Let. 19 Mar. in Lett. 1739–64 (2009) 244 A gentleman..has taken it [sc. Sterne's portrait] most expressively.
1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family III. 114 Emma fixed her eyes expressively on her father.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. 148 The clerk of the prison [was sent] to a place expressively called ‘Little Ease.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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