单词 | improvisedly |
释义 | † improvisedlyadv.1 Obsolete. Scottish. Without forethought; rashly, imprudently. Cf. unprovisedly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adverb] > rashly or recklessly recklesslyeOE abandonc1330 rabbishlya1387 recklessa1450 savagelyc1450 temerarilyc1450 temerously1461 rashly?1518 temerariously1535 improvisedlya1538 hare-brainedlya1577 rash1591 wretchlessly?16.. over-rashly1609 bayardly1624 to run amok1689 harum-scarum1691 hell-bent1863 a1538 A. Abell Roit or Quheill of Tyme f. 14, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Improvisitlie And thare he inprovisitlie he [sic] cust him and brak his nek. c1568 Earl of Moray et al. in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Queen of Scots (1824) App. 20 Humblie requiring..that pretendit and unlauchfull marriage, quhairin scho was improvisitlie enterit, to be dissolvit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2021). improvisedlyadv.2 In an improvised or impromptu manner; extemporaneously. Somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > in unplanned manner suddenly1340 of unwarninga1400 on, upon, rarely of, in (a) suddenty1469 casuallya1549 extemporea1556 of (upon) this sudden1572 extemporally1577 at (the or a) volley1578 on (or o') the volley1578 extrumpery1582 unpremeditately1607 extemporary1610 extempory1623 extemporarily1667 impromptu1669 ad aperturam libri1679 unpremeditatedly1694 impulsively1768 extemporaneously1791 promiscuously1791 spontaneously1799 on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801 spontaneous1810 promiscuous1826 improvisedly1851 off-handedly1876 at the first jet1878 off the cuff1927 off the top of one's head1939 off the wall1966 1851 Jrnl. Sacred Lit. Apr. 379 It is certainly more reasonable..to believe rather that the patriarchs, when under a strong supernatural impulse, improvisedly gave utterance to their fervent thoughts in the solemn lilt. 1882 H. C. Merivale Faucit of Balliol I. i. vi. 97 He..could dress up Plato's Republic improvisedly, in sympathetic and attractive English of his own. 1903 A. Mac Mahon tr. A. Fogazaro Poet's Myst. xxxix. 261 She was, I thought, a little surprised and perhaps also mortified to learn that I could not write verses thus improvisedly. 2010 R. C. Winters Angel for Maxey xi. 121 He had transferred the numbers and other information he had improvisedly written on his hand to paper. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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