单词 | aristocratically |
释义 | aristocraticallyadv. 1. In an aristocratic manner; by means of, or with a leaning towards, an aristocracy. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [adverb] > by upper classes aristocratically1586 oligarchically1850 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 595 If a city be assembled..Aristocratically vnder certaine chiefe lords. 1624 W. Bedell Copies Certaine Lett. x. 127 Geneva was..gouerned Aristocratically. 1869 J. R. Seeley Lect. & Ess. i. 14 Augustus was in all things aristocratically disposed. 2. As befits an aristocrat; grandly, stylishly. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > [adverb] above (or below, beneath, under) the salt1597 aristocratically1837 patricianly1893 1837 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) IV. 262 Every aristocratically dressed man you meet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adv.1586 |
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