单词 | majorly |
释义 | majorlyadv. 1. Largely, in the main. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > to a great extent, largely, or extensively substantiallya1425 ample1481 amply1481 greatly1579 supernaculum1599 spaciously1608 extensively1736 largely1785 wholesalely1843 fatly1866 majorly1929 1929 Post Democrat (Muncie, Indiana) 30 Aug. When our state was organized we had no public school system worthy of the name. Teachers were usually paid majorly by subscriptions or by donations from the patrons. 1956 Mod. Lang. Notes 71 532 Mr. Watkins is quite aware that Milton had other sides to his nature and to his thought, but he likes to think that he was majorly a poet and, consequently, should be judged on his poetry. 1971 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 23 Nov. 4/4 The conclusions of the writers, however, are majorly unsupportable, illogical, unknowledgeable and inconsistent. 1992 Elle Jan. 84/3 The chronic and worsening wrist pain..has been majorly lessened. 2. a. Greatly; to a major degree. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] stronglyeOE felec950 strongeOE highlyOE highOE greatlya1200 stourlya1225 greata1325 dreec1330 deeplya1400 mightya1400 dreichlyc1400 mighty?a1425 sorec1440 mainlyc1450 greatumly1456 madc1487 profoundly1489 stronglya1492 muchwhata1513 shrewlya1529 heapa1547 vengeance?1548 sorely1562 smartlyc1580 mightly1582 mightily1587 violently1601 intensively1604 almightily1612 violent1629 seriously1643 intensely1646 importunately1660 shrewdly1664 gey1686 sadly1738 plenty1775 vitally1787 substantively1795 badly1813 far1814 heavily1819 serious1825 measurably1834 dearly1843 bally1939 majorly1955 sizzlingly1956 majorly1978 fecking1983 1955 Jrnl. Politics 17 ii. 274 The absolutism of decalogues and of two-foot rules..gives no effective guide for any majorly changing society. 1992 Tucson (Arizona) Weekly 15 Jan. 38/3 Don't worry about all the homework you're going to get for staying home or your barfing will increase majorly. 1997 Guardian 19 July 5 Doug Doretti, president of the company, said last night: ‘If this keeps happening it will majorly affect us.’ b. colloquial (originally U.S.). As an intensifier, modifying an adjective: really, very. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] stronglyeOE felec950 strongeOE highlyOE highOE greatlya1200 stourlya1225 greata1325 dreec1330 deeplya1400 mightya1400 dreichlyc1400 mighty?a1425 sorec1440 mainlyc1450 greatumly1456 madc1487 profoundly1489 stronglya1492 muchwhata1513 shrewlya1529 heapa1547 vengeance?1548 sorely1562 smartlyc1580 mightly1582 mightily1587 violently1601 intensively1604 almightily1612 violent1629 seriously1643 intensely1646 importunately1660 shrewdly1664 gey1686 sadly1738 plenty1775 vitally1787 substantively1795 badly1813 far1814 heavily1819 serious1825 measurably1834 dearly1843 bally1939 majorly1955 sizzlingly1956 majorly1978 fecking1983 1978 Columbia Spectator (Columbia Univ., N.Y.) 31 Aug. (Orientation suppl.) 6/3 The result was predictable: people getting away with all kinds of incredible garbage, ranging from the merely imbecilic to the majorly zany. 1988 J. McInerney Story of my Life ix. 147 I'm like majorly depressed. 1989 M. Dorris Broken Cord xi. 189 There's nothing majorly wrong. 1995 Gazette (Montreal) 22 Jan. f6 It was a real bachelor pad, majorly slimy. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1929 |
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