单词 | gallantly |
释义 | gallantlyadv. In a gallant manner. 1. In gorgeous style, showily. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adverb] > with fine or gay appearance gailya1375 freshlyc1390 gayc1400 gallantly1552 bravely1570 gaudily1611 cavalierly1670 1552 H. Latimer Fruitf. Serm. (1575) ii. 148 Our Clergymen whiche go so gallauntly now a dayes. I heare say that some of them weare Veluet shoes and Veluet slyppers. 1577 N. Breton Floorish vpon Fancie sig. Dijv Thus shall you see her bed, and chamber brauely deckte: And euery roome..set out in eche respect, So gallantlie. 1610 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes (ed. 2) 1260 A gard of an hundred tall souldiours, gallantly apparrelled all in blew. 1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine iv. vi. 110 On her wedding-day, how gallantly does she come forth as a Bride adorned for her husband? 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xxxii. 206 A party of 50 persons gallantly dressed, well mounted and armed. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend iii. 117 A crowd..Gaily and gallantly arrayed! 2. In an excellent manner, splendidly, finely. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adverb] > and nobly or splendidly micklelyeOE highlyeOE freelyOE dearworthlyc1230 gloriously1393 dearworthilya1400 farrandlyc1400 stately?a1439 finely?1552 gallantly1552 goldenly1580 rarely1581 sightly1592 superbly1769 splendidly1774 splendiferously1841 swell1856 in there1944 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Galauntly, belle, pollite, pollucibiliter. 1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. Dv Which atire became her so gallantly, as shee seemed to bee the Goddesse Flora her selfe. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 228 They were gallantly armed. 1838 L. E. Landon Leg. Teignmouth ii And gallantly the white sails swept On, on before the wind. 3. In a brave or spirited manner, courageously, heroically. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > [adverb] heartlyc1300 jollily13.. heartilya1450 a-pluck?1562 gallantlya1616 pluckily1790 gamely1811 spunkily1890 the mind > emotion > courage > chivalry > gallantry > [adverb] noblelyc1300 proudlyc1450 gallantlya1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream (1623) i. ii. 20 A Louer that kills himselfe most gallantly [1600 gallant] for loue. 1653 E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 37 Lo. Taff answeared gallantly that he appeared not there as a tale-carrier. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. viii. 367 The Foot behaved themselves very gallantly. 1777 J. W. Fletcher Doctr. Grace & Justice iv. 23 They fought gallantly for many glorious truths. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV I. 157 The place was gallantly defended..by the garrison. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 357 ‘Threaten such things to rich and dainty folk, which have their hope in this world’, answered Elston, gallantly, ‘we fear them not’. 4. With courtesy or politeness, esp. in the exaggerated style of a gallant or courtier; in recent use, only of behaviour towards women. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adverb] welleOE fairOE methelyOE menskly?c1225 hendilyc1275 hendlyc1275 courteouslyc1290 bonairc1330 bonairly1340 goodly1372 debonairlya1375 henda1375 kindlya1375 fairlyc1480 humanelya1500 handsomely1542 civilly1552 gallantly1611 civil1642 politely1748 nicely1864 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gaillardement,..gallantly, like a gallant. 1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 343 One may say seriously of it, what has been gallantly said of Love. All other Pleasures are not worth its Pains. 1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto (1798) v. 83 The latter retired..gallantly telling the prince, that his daughter should amuse his highness, until himself could attend him. 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 253 Lord Wilmington, snatching her hand, gallantly pressed it to his lips. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xv. 223 Mac-Ivor said, very gallantly, he would never raise his hand against a grey head that was so much respected as my father's. View more context for this quotation 1865 E. C. Clayton Cruel Fortune II. 268 The Colonel..gallantly conducted her to the door. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1552 |
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