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单词 anciently
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ancientlyadv.

/ˈeɪnʃəntlɪ/
Etymology: < ancient adj. + -ly suffix2.
1. In ancient times, of old time, of yore.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > long ago
yorec900
for longOE
langer1303
long agoc1350
far1362
for yorea1375
of yore ago(ne)a1375
long time1376
of olda1393
anciently1502
langsyne?a1513
oldlya1513
in old season1582
old1609
antiquely1652
then-a-days1688
(the) year one1754
way back1870
in yore1876
way back when1921
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. iv. sig. e.i, Auncyently foure maner of people all oonly be anoynted wt the holy unccyon.
1576 W. Lambard Perambulation Kent (1826) 153 At Folkstone should aunciently stande one of those Turrets which the Romanes planted.
1635 T. Heywood Londoni Sinus Salutis 293 Mars..was antiently figured an angry man sitting in a Chariot.
1660 R. Coke Elem. Power & Subj. 36 in Justice Vindic. The state of man most anciently was never anarchy, but monarchy.
a1727 I. Newton Chronol. Anc. Kingdoms Amended (1728) i. 45 The Philosophers anciently delivered their Opinions in Verse.
1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism ix. 394 The anciently recorded dishonours of the nation.
2. With less idea of remoteness: Formerly. Obs.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb]
erea822
fernOE
whileOE
erera1000
whilereOE
onceOE
somewhile1154
whilomc1175
herebeforec1200
somewhilesa1250
yorea1250
orc1275
rather?a1300
erewhilec1305
sometimea1325
sometimec1330
at or in sometime1340
in arrear1340
heretoforea1375
fernyear1377
once upon a timec1380
behinds1382
beforetimea1393
of olda1393
erenow1393
umquhilea1400
erst14..
fornec1400
yore whilec1400
of before1402
late1423
abefore1431
beforetimes1449
whilesc1480
sometime1490
aforrow?a1513
behind1526
quondamc1540
in foretime(s?c1550
erstwhile1569
erstwhiles1569
aleare1581
erewhiles1584
sometimes1597
formerly1599
anciently1624
olim1645
somewhile since1652
quondamly1663
forepassed1664
sometimea1684
backward1691
historically1753
time back1812
had-been1835
when1962
1624 W. Bedel Copies Certaine Lett. iii. 58 This is not onely denied by Protestants, but..anciently..by the Spanish.
1737 Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania IV. 214 Those who had anciently settled by mistake in the limits of either Province.
1758 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 4) VIII. 262 Such as were anciently my tributaries.
1775 E. Burke Speech Amer. Taxation 52 Leave the Americans as they antiently stood.
3. From ancient times, of long standing. Obs.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > long ago > from ancient times
anciently1628
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. (1633) Pref., A Gentleman anciently descended.
1667 Milton Paradise Lost v. 723 We mean to hold what anciently we claim Of Deitie or Empire. View more context for this quotation
1686 Ravenscroft in Sh. Cent. Pr. 404 Some anciently conversant with the Stage.
4. After the manner of an ancient or elder, old-fashionedly. Obs. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adverb] > in an old-fashioned manner
anciently1588
out1660
old-fashionably1764
old-fashionedly1808
frumpishly1927
frumpily1934
neolithically1934
1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. E2v, Taking a great hooke in his hand..he went very anciently to finde out the mistres of his affection.
5. In an ancient manner, like something old. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adverb]
oldly1562
venerablyc1610
inveterately1645
patriarchally1835
anciently1870
archaically1883
archaistically1891
1870 N. Hawthorne Eng. Note-bks. (1879) I. 49 They smelt anciently and disagreeably.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
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