单词 | giddily |
释义 | giddilyadv. In a giddy manner (see the senses of the adjective); †insanely, madly, foolishly; †carelessly. Now chiefly, Dizzily, with vertigo; so as to cause dizziness; also, thoughtlessly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > giddiness, empty-headedness > [adverb] giddilya1250 ape1509 vainly1588 emptily1591 frivolously1611 frothily1727 owlishly1846 inanely1883 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vertigo > [adverb] dizzilyc1175 hiddy-giddya1525 vertiginously1766 giddily1801 dizzyingly1925 a1250 Owl & Night 1280 Nu thu miȝt wite readliche, That eavere thu spekest gideliche. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iii. 127 Seest thou not..what a deformed thiefe this fashion is, how giddily a turnes about all the Hot-blouds. View more context for this quotation a1631 J. Donne To Mr. R. Woodward in Poems 29 To roame Giddelie and be euery where but at home, Such freedom doth a banishment become. 1701 W. Congreve Judgm. Paris 7 Lost in amaze, I giddily gaze. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. ix. 142 Giddily, giddily, still she whirls. 1864 Realm 25 May 1 When Home Secretaries' private secretaries become giddily excited. 1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl I. 151 It all swam giddily before my sight. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adv.a1250 |
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