单词 | handsmooth |
释义 | † handsmoothadj.adv. 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.adv.1530 |
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