单词 | abidingly |
释义 | abidinglyadv. 1. In a lasting manner; over a long period of time; durably, enduringly, permanently. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adverb] lastingly1372 duringly1413 abidinglyc1430 permanentlya1500 constantly1567 indelibly1611 indeficiently1622 subsistinglya1641 durably1646 for a constancy1710 en permanence1848 c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 230 (MED) Take now here good hede by inward meditacioun of alle his paynes abidyngly. c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 26 (MED) Þat þise had ben wiþ me famuliere And in myn houshold ben abiddynglye. ?1531 R. Whitford tr. Thomas à Kempis Folowynge of Cryste xxiii. f. 31v Gather the ryches immortall, thynke no thynge abydyngly but on thy ghostly helth. 1538 Treat. Byshops Rome sig. Ciiiv If a man wylle saye, and abydingly stand in it, that the byshop of Rome is heed of the vniuersalle Churche of Christe: it is not onely vntrewe, but it is also heresye. a1617 P. Baynes Diocesans Tryall (1621) 50 They were both messengers, the Apostles habitu and abidingly, the other in act onely. 1760 ‘Cato’ Six Concluding Lett. to Senator iv. 7 None could so probably, so speedily, so salutarily, and withall so abidingly fil the Imperial Capital, heal its Convulsions, and give Life and Vigor to its Arms. 1791 M. De Fleury Divine Poems & Ess. 219 A barren desert, void of every thing that is substantially and abidingly good. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 159 The noblest idea..is sung, and emblemed forth abidingly, by one of the noblest men. 1881 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 174 We have clutched some good lawlessly, and found it abidingly precious. 1948 S. Sassoon Meredith ii. 24 Thirty-five years later I feel the same, and am conscious of those qualities which make the book abidingly lovable. 1990 New Republic (Nexis) 13 Aug. 38 These brilliant yet baffling letters provide the most vivid picture available of this eminent, abidingly enigmatic Victorian [sc. Florence Nightingale]. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > with studious care or diligently yernlyc725 needlyeOE yerneOE getenlya1200 diligently1340 studiouslya1382 assiduallya1400 ithandlya1400 throngc1400 diligent1479 abidingly1530 industriously1572 sedulously1594 applyingly1624 assiduously1627 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) i. 63 Thys gostly study..muste be contynued ful bysely and abydyngly, euery day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.c1430 |
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