| 单词 | olympically |
| 释义 | > as lemmasOˈlympically Oˈlympically adv. (a) = Olympianly adv.; (b) (in later use) enormously, beyond normal expectations. ΚΠ 1839 Atlas 12 Oct. 650/2 The scenery was Olympically accurate, and the costume of 1777..gave quite a new effect to the comedy. 1902 F. C. DeSumichrast tr. T. Gautier Capt. Fracasse in Wks. IX. iv. 169 Laughter..according to Homer is the appanage of the immortal and blessed gods who olympically laugh their fill during the leisure hours of eternity. 1903 E. B. Sherman Taper Lights 14 In the olympically resigned admission of the Concord seer, that love is ‘deciduous’, one catches the same note of disappointment. 1937 V. Williams Curiosity Mr. Treadgold vi. 106 Mr. Treadgold frowned Olympically. ‘If you really desire my assistance, Sir Hector,’ he remarked stiffly, ‘I'd suggest that you keep nothing back.’ 1981 A. Momigliano in E. S. Shaffer Compar. Criticism III. 261 Hayden White olympically brushes aside all these questions about evidence. 2008 I. Graham Requirem. Modelling & Specific. Service Oriented Archit. i. 3 These changes took forever and ramped up the cost ‘olympically’. < as lemmas |
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