astronomicallyadv.

Brit.

/ˌastrəˈnɒmᵻkli/, U.S.

/ˌæstrəˈnɑmək(ə)li/

Forms: 1500s astronomicallie, 1500s– astronomically.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: astronomical adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < astronomical adj. + -ly suffix². Compare post-classical Latin astronomice (13th cent. in a British source), Middle French, French astronomiquement (16th cent. in an isolated attestation, subsequently from 1690; late 20th cent. in colloquial sense ‘extremely’).

In an astronomical manner; according to astronomy or astronomical principles. Also: (colloquial) very, extremely (small, large, etc.); cf. astronomical adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > [adverb]

astronomically1585

1585 R. Greene (title) Planetomachia: Or the first parte of the generall opposition of the seuen Planets: wherein is Astronomically described their essence, nature, and influence.

a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 215 This was the figure of the Heavens..Astronomically calculated and erected according to Tycho's Tables.

1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica: Pract. Arithm. i. 77 Astronomically, a Day is divided as an Integer, into first Scruples 60′.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 219 Astronomically speaking, the greatest cold should be felt at the latter end of December.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. 404 The headlands..were generally determined astronomically.

1940 G. Gamow Birth & Death of Sun ix. 188 Two well-known dark holes in the Milky Way, named the ‘Coal Sacks’ by astronomically inclined seamen.

1949 G. G. Simpson Meaning of Evol. xiv. 214 The number of possible combinations of different genes and dissimilar chromosomes is astronomically large.

1977 P. C. W. Davies Space & Time Mod. Universe iii. 73 The chances of a whole box of gas showing a distinct fluctuation (e.g. all the molecules rushing simultaneously into one-half of the box) is astronomically small.

2003 Wired July 156/1 An encounter between Earth and a black hole is astronomically, as it were, improbable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	astronomically
释义	astronomicallyadv. Brit. /ˌastrəˈnɒmᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌæstrəˈnɑmək(ə)li/ Forms: 1500s astronomicallie, 1500s– astronomically. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: astronomical adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < astronomical adj. + -ly suffix². Compare post-classical Latin astronomice (13th cent. in a British source), Middle French, French astronomiquement (16th cent. in an isolated attestation, subsequently from 1690; late 20th cent. in colloquial sense ‘extremely’). In an astronomical manner; according to astronomy or astronomical principles. Also: (colloquial) very, extremely (small, large, etc.); cf. astronomical adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > [adverb] astronomically1585 1585 R. Greene (title) Planetomachia: Or the first parte of the generall opposition of the seuen Planets: wherein is Astronomically described their essence, nature, and influence. a1646 J. Gregory Posthuma (1649) 215 This was the figure of the Heavens..Astronomically calculated and erected according to Tycho's Tables. 1702 V. Mandey tr. J. J. Hainlin Synopsis Mathematica: Pract. Arithm. i. 77 Astronomically, a Day is divided as an Integer, into first Scruples 60′. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 219 Astronomically speaking, the greatest cold should be felt at the latter end of December. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. 404 The headlands..were generally determined astronomically. 1940 G. Gamow Birth & Death of Sun ix. 188 Two well-known dark holes in the Milky Way, named the ‘Coal Sacks’ by astronomically inclined seamen. 1949 G. G. Simpson Meaning of Evol. xiv. 214 The number of possible combinations of different genes and dissimilar chromosomes is astronomically large. 1977 P. C. W. Davies Space & Time Mod. Universe iii. 73 The chances of a whole box of gas showing a distinct fluctuation (e.g. all the molecules rushing simultaneously into one-half of the box) is astronomically small. 2003 Wired July 156/1 An encounter between Earth and a black hole is astronomically, as it were, improbable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1585
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