† fore-backwardlyadv.

Etymology: < fore adv. + backward v. + -ly suffix².

Obsolete. rare.

Beginning at the wrong end, preposterously.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [adverb]

stultitiously1536

preposterously?c1550

absurdly1559

ridiculously1563

fore-backwardlya1586

nonsensically1648

ad absurdum1656

nonsensely1656

fancifully1664

laughably1763

ridiculous1827

laughingly1843

dottily1937

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. I4 Exercise indeede wee doe, but that, very fore-backwardly: for where we should exercise to know, wee exercise as hauing knowne.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	fore-backwardly
释义	† fore-backwardlyadv. Etymology: < fore adv. + backward v. + -ly suffix². Obsolete. rare. Beginning at the wrong end, preposterously. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [adverb] stultitiously1536 preposterously?c1550 absurdly1559 ridiculously1563 fore-backwardlya1586 nonsensically1648 ad absurdum1656 nonsensely1656 fancifully1664 laughably1763 ridiculous1827 laughingly1843 dottily1937 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. I4 Exercise indeede wee doe, but that, very fore-backwardly: for where we should exercise to know, wee exercise as hauing knowne. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adv.a1586
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