单词 | mortally |
释义 | mortallyadv. 1. In such a manner that death ensues; so as to cause death. Also (with reference to fighting): †to the death, fiercely, furiously (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > cause of death > [adverb] deadlyc1050 deathlya1250 fellyc1330 mortallyc1390 à la mort?1536 deadlily1621 lethally1661 mortiferously1685 perishingly1698 deathfully1761 vitally1891 c1390 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 406 This scorpion..Caste vnder this ful mortally [v.rr. mortali; mortall] to stynge. c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 64 Þai fouȝten togeder mortaily. a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 21374 And thogh they berke nat On A man, fful mortally they byten kan. a1500 (c1435) J. Lydgate Daunce Machabree (Lansd.) (1931) 511 (MED) A-geyns deth..Whan that hir list mortally to assaile..ther may be no deffence. 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 50 Aboue 400 dead bodies, besides 140 mortally wounded and almost torne in peces. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) v. v. 10 The Enemy..strooke downe Some mortally, some slightly touch'd. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden Fables Ded. sig. Cv When you were not only dangerously, but in all appearance mortally wounded. 1798 Ld. Clare in Ld. Auckland's Corr. (1862) III. 422 None of the parties, however, are hurt mortally. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. 243 They left him mortally wounded. 1897 J. Conrad Nigger of ‘Narcissus’ v. 105 James Wait, as though wounded mortally, fell back on the pillow. 1944 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 21 July 1/8 Guam..will greatly strengthen Saipan's position as a base from which Japan can be mortally assaulted. 1985 O. Sacks Man who mistook Wife i. 3 Luria did, finally, write some of these papers, in the last months of his life, when mortally ill. 2. With reference to hatred, jealousy, fear, disquietude, offence, etc.: bitterly, grievously, intensely. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [adverb] deepa1000 inwardlya1000 inlyOE mortallyc1390 deeplya1400 keena1400 keenlya1400 from the bottom of one's hearta1413 from (also fro) one's heart1477 profoundly1489 from the spleen?a1505 sensibly1577 with sense1578 smartlyc1580 soakingly1593 dearly1604 intimately1637 viscerally1637 exquisitely1678 sensitively1793 exaltedly1855 intensely1860 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > bitterness > [adverb] mortallyc1390 rancorously?c1663 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > bitterness > [adverb] bitterlyc1000 hatelyOE mortallyc1390 rancorously?c1663 c1390 G. Chaucer Manciple's Tale 313 He wol yow haten mortally [v.r. mortelly], certeyn. a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) i. 3658 (MED) Euerich gan other mortali despise. 1554 Bp. Hooper in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1570) III. 1687/2 They hate it mortally, and of all thinges most detest Gods holy word. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 43 Adrian the Emperour, that mortally Enuied Poets, and Painters, and Artificers, in Works, wherein he had a veine to excell. 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables xxxviii. 40 Who would have Imagin'd..that the want of a Cap, or a Cringe, should so Mortally Discompose him. 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. liii In Holiday and Stapylton, my Ears..are mortally offended. 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 16 Sept. (1948) I. 361 I hate these suppers mortally. a1722 J. Toland Coll. Several Pieces (1726) I. 127 She mortally hated Xanthus. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. v. 70 Mortally apprehensive of some one coming in and kidnapping me. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 104 Johnson was one of those persons who are mortally hated by their opponents. 1885 Manch. Examiner 13 June 5/3 The sober and well-to-do would be mortally offended. 1934 A. Huxley Beyond Mexique Bay 36 The non-existent young lady in fancy dress would be mortally offended by the suggestion that the place [sc. British Honduras] should be painted anything but red on the map. 1995 Guardian 1 Aug. ii. 3/1 He was mortally scared of heights and had never been near a craghead. 3. Theology. So as to be guilty of mortal sin; characteristic of mortal sin. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > kinds of sin > [adverb] > mortal deadly?c1225 mortally1526 1526 Pylgrimage of Perfection (de Worde) f. 80v I graunt my selfe therin to have..offended mortally, commyttynge deedly synne and dampnable. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 142 For which they give this reason, that about that age [sc. seven] one begins to sin mortally. 1868 Catholic World Jan. 438 It is certain that men who have had faith and grace have afterwards sinned mortally. 1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist iv. 175 He had no temptations to sin mortally. 1994 W. E. May Introd. Moral Theol. (ed. 2) iv. 169 Murder, adultery, and the like..when freely chosen with adequate knowledge about what one is doing, are mortally sinful. ΘΚΠ the world > people > [adverb] manlikelya1530 humanly1594 mortally1609 human-like1700 microcosmically1864 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles xxi. 93 Yet I was mortally brought forth, and am no other then I appeare. View more context for this quotation 5. colloquial and regional. Extremely, exceedingly, terribly, greatly. (Cf. mortal adj. 7.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > excessively cruellyc1385 overa1400 fullc1400 parlouslyc1425 mortalc1440 perilousc1440 spitefulc1450 devilish1560 pestilently1567 spitefully1567 cruel1573 parlous1575 deadly1589 intolerable?1593 fellc1600 perditlya1632 excessively1634 devilishly1635 desperate1636 woundya1639 woundlya1644 desperately1653 wicked1663 killing1672 woundily1706 wounded1753 mortally1759 dreadful1762 intolerably1768 perishing1776 tremendously1776 terrifically1777 diabolically1792 woundedly1794 thundering1809 all-firedly1833 preponderously1835 painfully1839 deadlilya1843 severely1854 furiously1856 diabolish1858 fiendish1861 demonish1867 sinfully1869 fiendishly1879 thunderingly1885 only too1889 nightmarishly1891 God almighty1906 Christ almighty1945 1759 Rec. Town Council Newburgh in A. Laing Lindores Abbey (1876) xxi. 275 Many become mortally drunk. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 55 His pupil; who seemed to be about the age of three-score, stooped mortally. 1789 A. Young Jrnl. 23 Dec. in Trav. France (1792) i. 258 The people are in general mortally ugly and dwarfish. 1831 J. W. Carlyle New Lett. (1903) I. 35 It was very stormy, and I was mortally sick the whole twenty four hours. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Treasure of Franchard vi, in Merry Men 280 With swollen eyes and looking mortally sheepish. 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags 37 He was indeed mortally fond of her girdle-cakes. 1930 K. A. Porter Flowering Judas (1935) 64 Oh, I do mortally wish they would keep out of our business. 1958 H. Nemerov Mirrors & Windows 100 Those mortally awkward parodies. 1975 D. McC. Newell If Nothin' don't Happen 133 I mortally love to fish—just any kind of fishin'. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1390 |
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