meeterlyadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmiːtəli/, U.S.

/ˈmidərli/

Forms: 1500s– meeterly, 1600s meederly, 1600s meetherly, 1800s metterly, 1800s– meatherly, 1800s– meterly.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: meetly adv.

Etymology: Alteration of meetly adv., perhaps after witterly adv. or a word with similar ending (compare quot. 1589 at sense A.). Compare later meeverly adv. and adj.Compare Middle English materly , probably with sense ‘moderately’ or ‘fittingly’ (attested once only in a northern text), which is perhaps an altered form < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic mátalega meetly, fittingly), or an altered form < that word's etymons Middle Dutch mātelīke , Middle Low German mātelīke moderately, fairly:a1450 Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) 2306 If I ger my bestes..Trauel mor..Þan þer power perfourn may, Þan wil þai fall down in þe way; Þus bi ensaumpil sal scho take Materly al thinges to make. A connection between such forms as meatherly , meetherly and methe n., as suggested by N.E.D. s.v., is perhaps unlikely given the large chronological gap.

English regional (northern) in later use.

A. adv.

Meetly; tolerably, moderately, fairly. Also: handsomely, modestly, agreeably.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > fittingly or properly

welleOE

fairOE

meetlyOE

rightOE

worthlylOE

haghelyc1175

worthilyc1175

becomelyc1200

properly?c1225

i-semelichec1275

thriftilyc1374

duly1382

sittinglyc1390

justlyc1392

rightfula1400

goodlyc1400

hemelyc1400

meeta1450

statelya1450

ensuingly?1518

handsomely1525

worshipfully1532

decently1552

due1581

meeterly1589

fairly1600

beseemingly1611

dightly1616

becomingly1624

befittingly1638

fittinglya1643

condecently1656

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb] > liberally or without stint

roomlyOE

freelyOE

unwaindandlyc1425

roundc1450

liberally1509

superabundantly1530

spareless1567

meeterly1589

generously1623

handsomely1686

unstintedly1849

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xi. 135 Your figures of addition or surpluse be three, videl. In the beginning, as to say: I-doen, for doon... In the middle, as to say..meeterly, for meetly, goldylockes, for goldlockes.

1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 32 Meeterly, Meetherly, Meederly: handsomely, modestly; As bow meeterly, from meet, fit.

1785 W. Hutton Bran New Wark 24 I am meeterly content.

1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. xiii. 321 They's a pack uh corn i' t' corner, thear, meeterly clane.

1892 Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve III. iv. vi. 259 We're meeterly weel sarved.

B. adj.

Moderate, middling; fairly well (in health).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > [adverb] > in fair health

meeterly1685

middling1748

middlingly1819

1685 G. Meriton Praise of York-shire Ale 151 Hee's pratty meeterly flesh; here's a good skin.

1763 ‘T. Bobbin’ Toy-shop (new ed.) 34 M. Is Seroh o Rutchots so honsome? T. Eigh, hoos meeterly.

1865 B. Brierley Irkdale II. 99 I'm metterly..for an 'owd body.

1902 Æ. Binns in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 78/1 ‘Hah are yo' gettin' on?’ ‘Aw, ah'm meterly’. [west Yorks.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meeterly
释义	meeterlyadv.adj. Brit. /ˈmiːtəli/, U.S. /ˈmidərli/ Forms: 1500s– meeterly, 1600s meederly, 1600s meetherly, 1800s metterly, 1800s– meatherly, 1800s– meterly. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: meetly adv. Etymology: Alteration of meetly adv., perhaps after witterly adv. or a word with similar ending (compare quot. 1589 at sense A.). Compare later meeverly adv. and adj.Compare Middle English materly , probably with sense ‘moderately’ or ‘fittingly’ (attested once only in a northern text), which is perhaps an altered form < early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic mátalega meetly, fittingly), or an altered form < that word's etymons Middle Dutch mātelīke , Middle Low German mātelīke moderately, fairly:a1450 Rule St. Benet (Vesp.) (1902) 2306 If I ger my bestes..Trauel mor..Þan þer power perfourn may, Þan wil þai fall down in þe way; Þus bi ensaumpil sal scho take Materly al thinges to make. A connection between such forms as meatherly , meetherly and methe n., as suggested by N.E.D. s.v., is perhaps unlikely given the large chronological gap. English regional (northern) in later use. A. adv. Meetly; tolerably, moderately, fairly. Also: handsomely, modestly, agreeably. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > fittingly or properly welleOE fairOE meetlyOE rightOE worthlylOE haghelyc1175 worthilyc1175 becomelyc1200 properly?c1225 i-semelichec1275 thriftilyc1374 duly1382 sittinglyc1390 justlyc1392 rightfula1400 goodlyc1400 hemelyc1400 meeta1450 statelya1450 ensuingly?1518 handsomely1525 worshipfully1532 decently1552 due1581 meeterly1589 fairly1600 beseemingly1611 dightly1616 becomingly1624 befittingly1638 fittinglya1643 condecently1656 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adverb] > liberally or without stint roomlyOE freelyOE unwaindandlyc1425 roundc1450 liberally1509 superabundantly1530 spareless1567 meeterly1589 generously1623 handsomely1686 unstintedly1849 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xi. 135 Your figures of addition or surpluse be three, videl. In the beginning, as to say: I-doen, for doon... In the middle, as to say..meeterly, for meetly, goldylockes, for goldlockes. 1673 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 32 Meeterly, Meetherly, Meederly: handsomely, modestly; As bow meeterly, from meet, fit. 1785 W. Hutton Bran New Wark 24 I am meeterly content. 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. xiii. 321 They's a pack uh corn i' t' corner, thear, meeterly clane. 1892 Mrs. H. Ward David Grieve III. iv. vi. 259 We're meeterly weel sarved. B. adj. Moderate, middling; fairly well (in health). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adverb] > in fair health meeterly1685 middling1748 middlingly1819 1685 G. Meriton Praise of York-shire Ale 151 Hee's pratty meeterly flesh; here's a good skin. 1763 ‘T. Bobbin’ Toy-shop (new ed.) 34 M. Is Seroh o Rutchots so honsome? T. Eigh, hoos meeterly. 1865 B. Brierley Irkdale II. 99 I'm metterly..for an 'owd body. 1902 Æ. Binns in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 78/1 ‘Hah are yo' gettin' on?’ ‘Aw, ah'm meterly’. [west Yorks.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.adj.1589
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