单词 | obscurely |
释义 | obscurelyadv. 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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