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单词 in a family way
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in a (also †the) family way
a. in a (also †the) family way: with or as with family; in a domestic manner; informally, without ceremony. Now rare.
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [adverb] > in free and easy or familiar manner
familiarlya1500
in a (also the) family way1662
1662 G. Sikes Life & Death Sir Henry Vane 156 How did Abraham walk and worship? The answer is; In a Family-way; 'twas Family-worship.
1709 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 136. ⁋1 His Wife is the Daughter of an honest House, ever bred in a Family-Way.
1784 Lett. to Honoria & Marianne II. 64 She would..stay some time with them, quite in the family way.
1788 G. Keate Acct. Pelew Islands x. 107 At the house of this Chief they were received quite in a family way.
a1798 J. Palmer Like Master like Man (1811) I. 193 You'll find all in the family way.
1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians II. x. 74 Why don't we ask him and his ladies to come over in a family way and dine with some other plain country gentlefolks?
1903 H. Pugh Thraldom ii. vi. 255 The rector and his wife and daughter..going for an airing together, as someone remarked, ‘Quite happy like and in a family way’.
1970 Kenya National Assembly Official Rep. 9 July 2338 We all belong to the same party and we should discuss these things in a family way.
extracted from familyn.adj.
in the (also a) family way
b. colloquial (euphemistic). in the (also a) family way: pregnant. Also of a man: about to become a father. Also in to put in the family way and variants: to make pregnant, esp. outside marriage.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adjective]
greatc1175
with childc1175
with childc1300
baggeda1400
bounda1400
pregnant?a1425
quicka1450
greaterc1480
heavyc1480
teeming1530
great-bellied1533
big1535
boundenc1540
impregnate1540
great-wombeda1550
young with child1566
gravid1598
pregnate1598
pagled1599
enceinte1602
child-great1605
conceived1637
big-bellieda1646
brooding1667
in the (also a) family way1688
in the (also that) way1741
undelivered1799
ensient1818
enwombeda1822
in a delicate condition1827
gestant1851
in pod1890
up the (also a) pole1918
in a particular condition1922
preg?1927
in the spud line1937
up the spout1937
preggy1938
up the stick1941
preggers1942
in pig1945
primigravid1949
preggo1951
in a certain condition1958
gestating1961
up the creek1961
in the (pudding) cluba1966
gravidated-
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > fecundation or impregnation > [verb (transitive)]
geta1375
to beget with childa1393
impregn?c1550
season1555
enwomb1590
knock1598
with-child1605
fill1607
fertilitate1638
ingravidate1642
impregnate1646
improlificate1646
prolificate1650
pregnant1660
pregnate1686
fecundate1721
fecundify1736
to knock up1813
to put in the family way1898
inseminate1923
to get or put (someone) in the (pudding) club1936
stork1936
to put in the way1960
1688 R. Thoresby Diary 30 Sept. (1830) I. 190 I was most concerned for my dear wife, who was in the family way.
1796 E. Parsons Myst. Warning I. 90 The Countess was again in the family way.
1824 S. E. Pierce Life 3 My mother was in the marriage state beyond a year, without being in a family way.
1898 Sessions Paper Feb. 266 I did not put his wife in the family way.
1921 B. Gilbert Old Eng. 204 I know all about Lord Fitz getting Mogg's girl in the family way.
1930 R. Macaulay Staying with Relations xv. 219 Poor Adrian, to be in the family way when he had so little expected it.
1983 Ebony Nov. 52/2 Foxx's furry pets have lived up to their reputation as fast breeders... It seems that the first rabbit to show up was already in a family way.
2006 Financial Times 24 June w8/4 It's one thing people not standing up for you on the bus when you're in the family way (and wearing 4in heels), but this was even worse.
extracted from familyn.adj.
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