单词 | imperially |
释义 | imperiallyadv. In an imperial manner; spec. (a) as or by an emperor or supreme ruler; with imperial authority; (b) with a commanding style or demeanour; majestically; autocratically; (c) in relation to an empire. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [adverb] > with supreme authority sovereignlyc1375 supremelyc1475 imperially1479 imperiously1593 society > authority > command > [adverb] > with commanding quality or aspect imperially1479 imperiously1593 commandingly1741 1479 Earl Rivers tr. Cordyal (Caxton) i. i She regneth Imperially ouer the nobles and dredeth no lyuyng creature. 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War 70 The prynces oftentymes vsed that same custome imperially [Fr. imperieusement] and by constraincte. 1570 T. Norton tr. A. Nowell Catech. (1853) 196 God..alone may everywhere gloriously reign, imperially rule, and triumph. 1627 H. Burton Baiting Popes Bull 68 It reigned then Imperially: it reigneth now Papally. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Durh. 297 His Sur-name [i.e. Siveyer] so contemptible in English, sounds Imperially, and Episcopally when latinized [i.e. as Severus]. a1704 T. Brown Oration in Praise Drunkenness in Wks. (1707) I. i. 55 She Reigns Imperially in Germany and Denmark. 1733 Daily Jrnl. 17 Apr. 1/2 The Countrymen of Mr. James Keith..will have it that he is Imperially married. 1850 E. B. Browning Lady Geraldine's Courtship in Poems (new ed.) II. 113 She smiles them down imperially. 1881 Daily News 19 May 5 The project..having been Imperially approved, passed in the usual course the Council of State. 1901 F. W. Maitland Rede Lect. 25 Very rarely do we see elsewhere the academic teaching of any law that is not Roman: imperially or papally Roman. 1925 Amer. Mercury May 22/2 One of the most..flirtatious two-somes I ever witnessed was between a rosy old capitalist of sixty-odd..and an imperially voluptuous false blonde. 1966 C. O. Hucker Censorial Syst. of Ming China ii. 37 Eminent civil-service litterateurs..drafted and polished proclamations, compiled imperially sponsored histories, and read..to the emperor. 2005 Guardian (Nexis) 18 July 14 Sejanus did all the dirty work required to maintain absolute power, so that Tiberius himself could remain imperially aloof. Compounds C1. imperially minded adj. ΚΠ 1878 Fortn. Rev. 1 Oct. 460 Our strength in the day of trial, if it should arrive from unavoidable misfortune or be brought about by ministers imperially minded and in search of prestige, will consist mainly in this, [etc.]. 1920 C. J. H. Hayes Polit. & Social Hist. Mod. Europe II. v. xxvii. 551 Imperially-minded Hamburg merchants converted Bismarck to their views in 1884. 2010 T. H. Parsons Rule of Empires iv. 177 Imperially minded Britons assured themselves that while they had not asked for the task of saving India, they would not shirk from it. C2. imperially crowned adj. Heraldry (of a charge, etc.) represented with an imperial crown, as distinguished from a ducal coronet or other type of crown; cf. ducally adv. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > representations of articles of clothing > [adjective] > crowned or coroneted crownedc1405 coronetty1688 honoured1688 imperially crowned1715 navally crowned1816 1715 Ashmole's Hist. Inst. Order Garter viii. 202 The other Representation, is the Royal Garter imperially Crowned. 1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xix. 303 Dexter Royal Supporter. A Lion rampant guardant, or, imperially crowned, ppr. 1956 T. Innes Scots Heraldry (ed. 2) iii. 18 Argent, a heart gules, imperially crowned proper. 2006 E. Small Culinary Herbs (ed. 2) 100 The Governor General's standard..is composed of an imperially crowned gold lion on a wreath of the official colors of Canada, holding the maple leaf. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1479 |
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