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单词 handsmooth
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handsmoothadj.adv.

Forms: see hand n. and smooth adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., smooth adj.
Etymology: < hand n. + smooth adj.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
1. Level or flat as if smoothed with the hand; smooth to the hand. Chiefly in to beat handsmooth. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective]
smeethc725
unroughOE
plaina1398
balghc1440
smoothc1440
glat1481
fair1486
handsmooth1530
terse1602
smooth-faced1647
sleekyc1725
smack-smooth1755
knotless1792
gleg1808
textureless1846
glabrous1860
unsculptured1891
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 452/2 I beate downe to the grounde, or I beate down hande smothe, je arrase. This castell was beate downe hande smothe with ordonaunce.
1567 P. Morwen tr. A. ben David ibn Daud Hist. Latter Tymes Iewes Common Weale (rev. ed.) 6 Iudas..spedely set upon them, beat them downe handsmoth.
1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde sig. F4 Let them once cut a helme for their hatchet, but of a braunch of you, and they will cut downe all the wood handsmooth.
1590 T. Watson Eglogue vpon Death Walsingham sig. Cv O heards and tender flocks, ô handsmooth plains.
a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 595 This Epistle..beateth it down as hand-smooth as it doth the sacrifices.
2. figurative. Plain, straightforward. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] > straightforward or direct
naked?c1225
platc1385
plaina1393
light?a1400
rounda1450
direct1530
frank1548
evena1573
handsmooth1612
point-blank1648
crude1650
plain-spoken1658
plain-spoke1706
unambiguous1751
plump1789
straightforward1806
plain-said1867
pine-blank1883
straight1894
point-to-point1905
non-ambiguous1924
Wife of Bath1926
simpliste1973
1612 W. Sclater Ministers Portion Ep. Ded. sig. A 2 Having no such evidence..to carry away so handsmooth a conclusion.
B. adv. English regional (East Anglian) in later use.
Flatly; downright; thoroughly, completely; without pause or interruption.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > utterly
allOE
allOE
outlyOE
thwert-outc1175
skerea1225
thoroughc1225
downrightc1275
purec1300
purelyc1300
faira1325
finelyc1330
quitec1330
quitelyc1330
utterlyc1374
outerlya1382
plainlya1382
straighta1387
allutterly1389
starkc1390
oultrelya1393
plata1393
barec1400
outrightc1400
incomparablyc1422
absolutely?a1425
simpliciter?a1425
staringa1425
quitementa1450
properlyc1450
directly1455
merec1475
incomparable1482
preciselyc1503
clean?1515
cleara1522
plain1535
merely1546
stark1553
perfectly1555
right-down1566
simply1574
flat1577
flatly1577
skire1581
plumb1588
dead?1589
rankly1590
stark1593
sheera1600
start1599
handsmooth1600
peremptory1601
sheerly1601
rank1602
utter1619
point-blank1624
proofa1625
peremptorily1626
downrightly1632
right-down1646
solid1651
clever1664
just1668
hollow1671
entirely1673
blank1677
even down1677
cleverly1696
uncomparatively1702
subtly1733
point1762
cussed1779
regularly1789
unqualifiedly1789
irredeemably1790
positively1800
cussedly1802
heart1812
proper1816
slick1818
blankly1822
bang1828
smack1828
pluperfectly1831
unmitigatedly1832
bodaciously1833
unredeemedly1835
out of sight1839
bodacious1845
regular1846
thoroughly1846
ingrainedly1869
muckinga1880
fucking1893
motherless1898
self1907
stone1928
sideways1956
terminally1974
1600 Abp. G. Abbot Expos. Prophet Ionah 500 He fretteth and chafeth hand-smooth with the Lord.
1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xix. xii. 768 This they auouch, hand-smooth.
1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd xi. 130 Shee..will seaze hand-smooth on a whole drove of us at once.
1659 H. More Immortality of Soul ii. xvii. 307 All things goe on hand-smooth for it, without any check or stop.
1682 A. Behn City-heiress iii. i. 28 Let 'em accuse me if they please, alas, I come off hand-smooth with Ignoramus.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Hand-smooth, uninterruptedly, without obstacle; also entirely..‘He ate it up handsmooth’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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