单词 | pecuniarly |
释义 | pecuniarlyadv. rare. = pecuniarily adv. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [adverb] by (also in) the pursec1387 pecuniarilya1631 pecuniarly1656 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso ii. vi. 217 They should make poormens faults pecuniarly punishable. 1793 Times 14 May 3/4 A motion which struck at any person voting on a proposition in which he was pecuniarly connected as a merchant. 1868 J. N. Holloway Hist. Kansas 528 The mass of the pro-slavery party, who never had been pecuniarly interested in making Kansas a slave State, readily abandoned the contest and became the followers of Walker. 1907 Washington Post 20 Jan. (Sporting section) 2/1 The meeting..of all the men pecuniarly interested in the success of racing in the middle West and South at one time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1656 |
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