单词 | festinately |
释义 | festinatelyadv. Now rare. Hastily, hurriedly; speedily. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adverb] > hastily or hurriedly hyinglya1225 rapelya1300 a-rapec1300 frowc1325 batand1330 raplya1375 rapec1380 batauntly1393 untoomlyc1540 snatchingly1552 hastily1590 festinately1598 postingly1610 postwise1744 hastefully1813 hurriedly1816 rush1853 rushy1908 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost iii. i. l. 5 Bring him festinatly hither. 1821 European Mag. Sept. 235/2 I will therefore festinately draw this induction to a conclusion. 1886 G. B. Shaw Let. 11 Sept. (1965) I. 160 Festinately yrs GBS. 1923 Glasgow Herald 13 Dec. 4 Others have said, also too festinately, that Dr. Whyte owed his power to his interest in literature. 1954 Beyond Fantasy Fiction Jan. 55/1 Why, my sometime spouse could not pick up a spell so festinately. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1598 |
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