单词 | maternally |
释义 | maternallyadv.ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [adverb] > in or as the native language nativelya1613 vulgarlya1613 maternally1632 vernacly1673 vernacularly1808 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iii. 116 They speake vulgarly and Maternally here the Hebrew tongue. 2. In a maternal manner; on the maternal side; with regard to a mother. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > lineage or descent > [adverb] > female line or side maternally1748 matrilineally1907 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > motherhood > [adverb] motherlyOE motherlike1537 maternally1869 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. cxv. 367 But this glory, I humbly pray, that you may not be permitted to enter into..till..you have closed the eyes of Your maternally-affectionate Judith Norton. 1792 M. Deverell Mary, Queen of Scots iii. iii. 54 Great Fergus was my sire's progenitor: While maternally York and Lancaster Cements our blood by beauteous Margaret. 1817 G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 17 I am descended..maternally from the family of Rose of Westerclune. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. ix. 230 A brow maternally severe. 1902 A. Lang Hist. Scotl. II. xiii. 355 The heir presumptive is maternally of the house of Ardkinglass. 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling v. 51 The 'coon nibbled at his flesh and cried again. ‘He wants his sugar-teat,’ Fodder-wing said maternally. 1988 A. Storr School of Genius viii. 118 As often happens with the maternally deprived, Wodehouse was drawn to women older than himself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1632 |
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