单词 | mock-heroically |
释义 | mock-heroicallyadv. In a mock-heroic manner. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [adverb] > in other specific style naturally1557 licentiously1561 tragically1567 cosily1721 mock-heroically1846 naturalistically1864 declamatorily1898 1846 G. A. À Beckett Peter Wilkins ii. ii. 17 (stage direct.) You. (Mock heroically): Unhand me, monster! 1878 Appletons' Jrnl. Aug. 138/1 ‘Hath she found a defender in the knightly Richard?’ asked she, mock-heroically. 1905 Daily Chron. 27 Dec. 4/7 The ‘Argonaut’ mock-heroically challenges anyone to point to a single case of a college man having bitten off another player's nose or ear. 1987 ELH 54 850 Fairfax simply rushes in, brushing aside the ‘Wooden Saints’ and ‘Holy-water Brush’ mock-heroically brandished by the nuns in defense. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1846 |
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