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单词 obscurely
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obscurelyadv.

Brit. /əbˈskjʊəli/, /əbˈskjɔːli/, U.S. /əbˈskjʊrli/, /ɑbˈskjʊrli/
Forms: see obscure adj. and -ly suffix2; also 1600s obscurly.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: obscure adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < obscure adj. + -ly suffix2.
1. In obscurity; inconspicuously.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > [adverb]
obscurely?a1475
ingloriously1576
unremarkably1866
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adverb] > in obscurity
obscurely?a1475
off the map1870
?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 87 (MED) Wherefore thei dwellede obscurely [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. were as it were vnknowe] amonge men of the este vn to the realme of Macedony inhabitate.
1566 in J. S. Clouston Rec. Earldom of Orkney (1914) 376 [They] came vndir sylence of nycht to the towne of Kirkwall and thair obscuirly ramanit.
1592 Greenes Groats-worth of Witte sig. B4v You wil be accounted..a pesant, if ye liue thus obscurely.
c1620 in Medieval Eng. Theatre (1995) 17 23 In ye Toppe of my Ladye Oake was bifore hand placed obscurely one John Barbor of Nuporte.
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 260 Most Poets dye poor, and consequently obscurely.
1711 J. Strype Life M. Parker i. vii. 33 How obscurely and dangerously soever he past these Marian days.
1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. iv. 120 He lived obscurely in Knave's-acre, in partnership with a house-painter.
1832 A. Cunningham Maid of Elvar v. ix. 76 A youth lives in the west, Obscurely born.
1876 R. Browning St. Martin's Summer v Though corpses rot obscurely, Ghosts escape.
1922 V. Woolf Jacob's Room i. 9 He was an unknown man exhibiting obscurely.
1966 M. R. D. Foot SOE in France viii. 189 It was here [at Perpignan] that vic's escapers had to be passed over to the Spanish frontier guides, as obscurely as could be.
2002 Times 11 Feb. ii. 26/1 And there he worked obscurely, slaking his residual workaholism with what he wryly calls ‘meths’.
2. With obscurity of meaning, expression, or exposition; not plainly or clearly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adverb]
deeplyc888
highOE
darkOE
dimly?c1225
darklyc1350
mistilya1382
murklya1400
subtlya1500
obscurelya1527
confuselya1530
diffuselyc1530
confusedly?1531
diffusedly1567
difficultly1568
indistinctly1580
enigmatically1590
perplexedly1603
subtilely1605
abstrusely1611
cloudily1651
oracularly1654
perplexly1670
reclusely1673
irrecognizably1841
Pickwickianly1866
delphically1927
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adverb] > obscurely
obscurelya1527
diffuselyc1530
infinitely1530
diffusedly1567
cloudily1651
shadowishlya1680
vaguely1781
nebulouslya1796
undefinably1796
undefinedly1827
hazily1830
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adverb]
darklyc1350
mistilya1382
murklya1400
obscurelya1527
muddily1648
unclearly1648
reconditely1722
abstrusely1734
a1527 R. Thorne in R. Hakluyt Divers Voy. (1582) sig. B4 v It [sc. a map] cannot be but obscurely set out.
1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 107 Quhy hef ze setfurth the said pennance sa obscuirlie?
1611 J. Davies Scourge of Folly 237 Which there in mistery obscurly lies That those which see it neede haue Eagles Eyes.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 48 By your absence have I obscurely ghessed, and by your letters clearely understood of the strange resolution.
1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. viii. 121 Wheresoever he writes more obscurely, search out some more perspicuous Passages in the same Writer.
1797–1803 J. Foster Jrnl. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) I. 195 To reveal, though obscurely, ‘the secrets of the world unknown’.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby lv. 549 She even went so far as to hint obscurely at an attachment.
1887 Dict. National Biogr. at Cotton, Charles Lovelace..hints not obscurely in the dedicatory verses that he was under pecuniary obligations to Cotton.
1914 M. Sinclair Three Sisters lxv. 379 Rowcliffe's smile that had been reminiscent was now vague and obscurely speculative.
1952 B. Pym Excellent Women (1980) iii. 23 She muttered obscurely.
1997 Sight & Sound Jan. 11/1 One of my favourite psychoanalytic concepts is ‘nachtraglichkeit’—translated into French as ‘après-coup’, more obscurely into English as ‘deferred action’ or ‘retroactive causality’.
3. Phonetics. With a centralized or reduced articulation. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [adverb] > types of
obscurely1585
1585 tr. P. de La Ramée Lat. Gram. ii. i. 5 M Doth humme within, the lippes being shut fast at the utter part of the mouth, more fullye in the beginning of the worde, more obscurelye in the ende.
1662 J. Howell New Eng. Gram. 8 E passeth also obscurely, where it ends a word with a consonant, as spoken hablado, broken quebrado, Coffer cafre.
1871 H. J. Roby Gram. Lat. Lang. I. Pref. 73 In English we are in the habit of changing, or pronouncing obscurely, short vowels in unaccented syllables.
4. Darkly; dimly, dully; indistinctly, faintly. Also: for obscure reasons, inexplicably.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adverb] > indistinctly
thicklyc1400
indistinctly1580
obscurelyc1586
veiledly1646
dimly1667
blindly1686
shadowyc1804
mistily1813
hazily1818
filmily1853
shadowly1866
blurrily1868
vaguely1871
smudgedly1889
faintly1892
the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adverb]
dimly?c1225
obscurelyc1586
foggily1755
dim1821
the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [adverb] > dull
obscurelyc1586
dully1626
dingily1752
soberly1820
c1586 J. Stewart Poems (1913) 34 Quhair hiddius rocks obscuirlie did depon Thair feirfull fronts.
c1596 R. Johnson Seauen Champions (1852) ii. vii. 194 They stood obscurely behind the trees.
1620 S. Rowlands Night-raven 28 A night..obscurely darke, or Moone light cleere.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 54 Torches, which (though of pure white wax) were yet all artificially made obscurely browne.
1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. ii. 437 Umbrose W[arbler];..upper parts greyish brown: on the back obscurely marked with black.
1790 T. Bewick Hist. Quadrupeds (1824) 236 A variety is found in the inner parts of the province of New York, which is called the Bay Lynx,..its general colour is a bright bay, obscurely marked with dusky spots.
a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 420 There my Whole, obscurely bright, Still shows his little lamp by night.
1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xxiii. 593 It..is composed of obscurely-stratified hard sandstone.
1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. xii. 25 The young are obscurely tinted.
1954 C. E. Hubbard Grasses 159 Poa palustris may be distinguished..from P. trivalis by its..obscurely nerved bronze-tipped lemmas.
1988 M. Moorcock Mother London ii. 122 People had begun to weep and she felt obscurely guilty for not joining in.
2000 W. Self How Dead Live (2001) iii. 89 The fact that I'll never see her again is obscurely satisfying.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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