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单词 mock-heroically
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mock-heroicallyadv.

Brit. /ˌmɒkhᵻˈrəʊᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌmɑk(h)əˈroʊək(ə)li/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mock adj., heroically adv.
Etymology: < mock adj. + heroically adv., after mock-heroic n. and adj. Compare slightly earlier mock-heroical adj.
In a mock-heroic manner.
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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).
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