单词 | arbitrarily |
释义 | arbitrarilyadv. In an arbitrary manner, at will: (a) merely at will, without sufficient reason, capriciously; (b) unconstitutionally, despotically. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adverb] to one's willOE by one's willOE self-willesOE after a person's willOE a-willc1275 at willc1300 at one's (own) liberty1426 ad placituma1556 at pleasure1579 ad libitum1606 arbitrarilya1626 arbitrariously1653 discretionally1655 ad arbitrium1663 voluntarily1676 discretionarily1681 antecedently1682 discretionary?1707 ad lib1791 at one's own sweet will1802 at choice1817 at no allowance1858 society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adverb] > unconstitutionally arbitrarilya1626 unconstitutionally1791 a1626 Davies Quest. Impositions 131 This power of laying on arbitrarily new impositions. 1656 T. Hobbes Six Lessons iv. 40 in Elements Philos. The Point F is not to be taken arbitrarily. 1754 J. Edwards Careful Enq. Freedom of Will iv. ii. 199 The Meaning that they arbitrarily affix to a Word. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 54 Their rights have been arbitrarily invaded by the present house of commons. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 126 The Bishop of Dunkeld..was arbitrarily ejected from his see. 1882 A. Macfarlane Consanguinity 1 The arbitrarily chosen names of substances. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.a1626 |
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