单词 | honourably |
释义 | honourablyhonorablyadv. In an honourable manner; with honour. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adverb] worshiplyc1330 honourablyc1390 obeisantlyc1400 fairlyc1480 with cap and courtship1565 with cap and curtsey1565 with cap and knee1565 respectfullya1586 respectively1588 regardfully1600 honorificallya1639 unscornfully1844 deferentiallya1846 unmockingly1872 society > morality > virtue > honourableness > [adverb] truec1300 truly1387 honourablyc1390 honourable?a1425 honestly1526 manfully1579 c1390 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Vernon) (1892) i. 216 Honorabliche [a1400 Harl. onourablye] he dude hit graue In his chirche. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xii. l. 155 Clerkes..comen..And deden her homage honourablely to hym. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 26 And þere lith the body of hym full honourabely in here temple. c1440 (?c1350) in G. G. Perry Relig. Pieces in Prose & Verse (1914) 16 To lyffe perfitly..þat es, to lyffe honourabilly, mekely, and lufesomly. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 449 The Noble Lord Most honourablie doth vphold his word. View more context for this quotation a1625 J. Fletcher Valentinian iv. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ccccccc2/1 When I am dead, speake honourably of me. 1679 T. Bayly Wall-flower xvii. 108 They should be both Honourably provided for. 1710 Let. 10 Feb. in C. Wordsworth Scholae Academicae (1877) 305 He took his degree very honourably, and I believe will have an optime. 1780 E. Burke Speech Bristol previous to Election 1 I had served the city of Bristol honourably. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 171 He had, during the first year of the Long Parliament, been honourably distinguished among the senators. 1882 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. v. 339 The fitting and peaceful close of a life honourably spent. 1920 C. E. Mulford Johnny Nelson xix. 256 If we all..can die as fearlessly and as honorably as this man died, we need not fear the Judgment Day. 1960 Times 14 July 4/6 Colonel J. B. H. Bruinier..has been honourably relieved of his post. 2009 R. Johnson Power of Man iv. 58 The use of an honor code depends on the idea that people..can be trusted to act honorably. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1390 |
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