单词 | accidently |
释义 | accidentlyadv. Now nonstandard. 1. In an accidental or chance manner; accidentally, by chance (contextually: by mischance). (In modern use only as an occasional spelling variant of accidentally adv.)In quot. ?a1425 probably: unnaturally, abnormally. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adverb] feringc1000 feringlya1300 by casec1300 chancefully1303 lotc1325 peradventurec1325 of chance1330 happilya1375 in hapa1375 upon hapsa1375 casuallyc1384 perchancec1387 chancely1389 by fortune1390 haplyc1390 by (also of) adventurea1393 percasea1393 adventurelyc1400 percase1402 accidently?a1425 adventurously1440 by (good, lucky, etc.) hap?a1450 accidentally1528 chanceably1559 bechance1569 chance1595 casual-wise1601 accidental1622 occasionally1622 fortuitouslya1652 contingently1668 by chance1669 chanceable1709 per-hazard1788 chance-wise1844 the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adverb] > abnormally or unnaturally unkindly?1387 accidently?a1425 monstrouslyc1487 innaturallya1513 unnaturally1528 monstruously?1548 supernaturally1578 preternaturally1588 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 128v It is made naturaly of defecte of materie or accidently [L. accidentaliter; ?c1425 Paris vnkyndely] of yuel sewing & consoldyng of þe palpebrez. a1475 Cato's Distichs (Rawl.) 126 in Englische Studien (1906) 36 13 (MED) Thinges that happen accidentlych. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxviv To prouide and forse all perels and daungiers that might accidently ensue. 1581 J. Frampton tr. P. de Medina Arte Nauigation ii. ii. f. 9v/1 In the north, one water pusheth out another, to the place which is lower then it selfe: And so accidently it mooueth, from the place of his generation. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vii. 473/1 Which Act was accidently hanseld. 1683 W. Cave Ecclesiastici 479 Severian accidently passing by, Serapio sat still, and refused to give him the respect usually paid to Bishops. 1767 P. Gibbes Woman of Fashion I. 127 I was..struck with the Person, but much more with the good Sense, of the young Creature I accidently met. 1794 in J. W. Fletcher Wks. IX. 239 I broke my shin accidently against a bench. 1846 Dublin Q. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 2 237 A boy..accidently swallowed..the hook of a lady's dress. 1864 E. Sargent Peculiar III. 87 Accidently attending an auction he buys an infant slave. 1925 Z. N. Hurston Let. 15 Sept. in Life in Lett. (2002) 64 I came upon the germ of this story quite accidently, but I am shaky about using it. 1993 Canad. Geographic Sept. 18/4 As the hunting season closes each year, hundreds of ducks, geese and swans die from eating lead shot that they ingest accidently while foraging in fields and wetlands. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > extrinsicality or externality > [adverb] > non-essentially or incidentally accidentallya1398 accidentlya1460 accidentarily1591 extra-essentiallya1652 adventitiously1653 circumstantially1656 incidentally1665 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adverb] > of subsidiary importance accidentallya1398 accidentlya1460 accessorilyc1475 accidentarily1591 subordinately1608 accessarily1611 of the by1611 in (also with) subordination to1614 offstage1861 a1460 tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Helm.) (1999) 137 (MED) He that hath goode vertues is substancially a noble man, and he that hath hem accydently maketh himself noble and is nat. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) v. v. sig. qq.vi v They haue glorye not to haue done them [sc. sins]..but accydently for as moche as they haue done penaunce. 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 13 Age [is]..accidently moist, but naturally cold and dry. 1590 R. Hitchcock tr. F. Sansovino Quintesence of Wit f. 14v To receiue losse, is neuer good of his owne nature, yet it is very true that it may sometimes accidently helpe and benefite when it is receiued and dooth chaunce vnto men that be of good vnderstanding. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xxii. 778 But and if it [sc. wine] be yet so drunke immoderately..accidently it cooleth..and quite vndoeth the prouocations and acts of lust. 1647 T. Bedford Exam. Chief Points Antinomianism 77 The weeding of the Garden doth not make the seeds to grow, yet in removing impediments, and making room, it doth accidently prosper their growth. ?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. iii. 33 The Law..prohibiting Marriages..contributes accidently..to fill the Register's Purses,..and grates hard upon the People, especially the Poor. 1831 Arcana Sci. & Art 4 187 It has been suggested..that the fish, in seizing its prey, might along with it have accidently picked up the stone from the bottom, and swallowed both together. Phrases colloquial and humorous. accidently on purpose: = accidentally on purpose at accidentally adv. Phrases. ΚΠ 1704 J. Tolson Let. 9 Aug. in T. Bowrey Papers (1927) 152 I thoughtt itt more Convenient to Wait an apertunity to Meett him axidently on purposs then to Show to[o] much Forwardness. 1841 E. Finch Last Days Mary Stuart I. xiii. 284 The cautious magistrate contrived to glide into the account ‘accidently on purpose’. 1988 E. Danica Don't (1989) iii. 28 She said no I fell accidently on purpose into the washwater pail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.?a1425 |
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