单词 | over-shortly |
释义 | over-shortlyadv. Editorial emendation of ever schortly (see quot. a1538), apprehended as < over- prefix + shortly adv. (see note below).Given in N.E.D. (1904) at over-short adj. in the form ouer-schortly, after the reading given in J. M. Cowper's edition (1871) of the text quoted below. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > too briefly over-shortlya1538 a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 107 Wherfore me thynke you passe them ever schortly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adv.a1538 |
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