| 单词 | in his way |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin his (also her, etc.) way (b) in his (also her, etc.) way: used following an expression of praise to imply that the praise is appropriate to only a limited extent. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [adverb] > to a limited extent as (also so) far as it goes1533 a kind of?1565 not to say1590 in his (also her, etc.) way1700 for what it's worth1830 kinda1834 1700 R. Blackmore Satyr against Wit 11 By Hearsay he's a Scholar, and they say The Man's a sort of Wit too in his way. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 43. ⁋3 We are all Grave, Serious, Designing Men, in our Way. 1749 in Hist. MSS Comm.: Rep. MSS Earl of Eglinton (1885) 303 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4575) XLIV. 1 I have received from Cairo the Egyptian figures one of which in their way I do not think bad. 1829 W. Scott Rob Roy (new ed.) I. Introd. p. xlii All whom I have conversed with, and I have in my youth seen some who knew Rob Roy personally, gave him the character of a benevolent and humane man ‘in his way’. 1878 R. Browning Poets Croisic xlviii Latin verses, lovely in their way. 1905 R. Bagot Passport iii. 16 Its apartments, though stately in their way, were neither historic nor [etc.]. 1962 ‘C. Marchant’ Heritage of Folly iii. 77 She was a sprightly piece and a looker in her way. 2004 New Yorker 6 Dec. 102/3 Musette was a popular urban style as rich in its way as Chicago blues or Argentinean tango. < as lemmas |
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