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单词 foggily
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foggilyadv.

Brit. /ˈfɒɡᵻli/, U.S. /ˈfɔɡəli/, /ˈfɑɡəli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: foggy adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < foggy adj. + -ly suffix2.
In a foggy manner (in various senses of the adjective).In quot. 1599 the sense is unclear; perhaps compare foggy adj. 2a.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > clumsily or awkwardly
unhagherlyc1175
unslyly?a1400
roughc1400
unslya1425
rudelyc1425
unhandsomely1545
grosslyc1550
untowardly?1550
botcherly?1566
bungerly1574
lubberlike1575
lumpishly1583
clouterly1593
lubberly1594
foggily1599
awkly1603
unwieldilyc1610
cumbersomely1611
uneasily1611
sinisterly1628
left-handedly1648
ungainlya1661
awkwardly1663
clumsily1691
uncleverly1697
wrong1727
unwieldly1793
gawkily1811
maladroitly1827
undexterously1848
flat-footedly1886
ham-fistedly1964
ham-handedly1964
the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being slightly wet > [adverb]
moistly1590
dampishly1615
foggily1755
dewily1818
muggily1867
a-sweat1879
humidly1886
damply1887
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adverb]
dimly?c1225
obscurelyc1586
foggily1755
dim1821
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cloud > mist > [adverb] > in a foggy manner
foggily1891
1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. 136/3 Grossamente, grossely, rudely, foggily, bungarly.
1635 G. Tooke Legend of Brita-mart sig. D8v Then is the stone-horse in his chiefest pride; the gelding in his toughest ability, neither being..foggily distemper'd.
1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Foggily, heavily.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Foggily, mistily, darkly, cloudily.
1869 Fraser's Mag. May 595/2 In 1785 Mr. Creighton comes before the world with the following doleful and foggily worded address.
1891 C. Dunstan Quita II. ii. v. 115 It was damply, foggily cold.
1922 ‘B. M. Bower’ Trail of White Mule v. 92 Casey did not know which drift it was, though he tried foggily to remember.
1984 H. Dubrow in M. M. Gullette Art & Craft of Teaching vii. 89 Often that foggily expressed phrase mirrors a foggily conceived thought.
2011 Business Day (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 24 Aug. He foggily picked up the phone and was greeted by a very concerned and very foreign sounding gentleman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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