单词 | plumply |
释义 | plumplyadv.1 In a plump way; with a full, rounded shape; to the point of plumpness. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adverb] > bulkily > and fully plumply1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rondement, roundly, circularly, orbicularly; fully, plumply. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Bonnily, gayly; handsomely; plumply. 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey V. vii. xi. 153 Never were men seen with breasts more plumply padded. 1860 C. J. Lever One of Them xiv A long silk purse, plumply filled. 1895 Harper's Weekly Feb. 337/2 One of those plumply mellow quadrigenarious bodies. 1927 F. M. Ford N.Y. is not Amer. 19 I asked the young woman—she was really quite plumply feminine and agreeable. 1957 ‘J. Wyndham’ Sometime, Never 96 She had a kindly, plumply pretty face, framed by light brown hair as she lay back against a cushion. 1989 National Trust Mag. Spring 8/1 A dome of thin stone slabs squatting plumply in the grounds of Cotehele in Cornwall. 1999 A. Desai Fasting, Feasting (2000) i. 7 Her cheeks filled out plumply as she stuffed in the betel nuts and leaves she was offered. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). plumplyadv.2 1. Directly, immediately, straightaway; spec. (of a statement, question, etc.) without circumlocution or concealment, in plain terms, bluntly, flatly; = plump adv. 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adverb] > straightforwardly or directly platc1375 in short and plainc1386 plaina1387 platlyc1390 in (also at, on, unto) (a, the) plainc1395 roundc1405 homelya1413 directly1509 roundly1528 point-blank1598 in good set termsa1616 broadly1624 crudely1638 plain downa1640 plumply1726 plumpa1734 squably1737 straightforward1809 unvarnishedly1824 pine-blank1834 blankly1846 squarely1860 straight out1874 straightforwardly1906 1726 J. Webb Pract. Disc. Death, Judgment, Heaven & Hell 77 A bold Atheism arrived to that point of Wickedness, as plumply to Deny the Doctrine under Consideration. 1771 Trial Atticus before Justice Beau 47 This gentleman, may it please your honour, has plumply sworn that the prisoner wittingly and willingly cheated him. 1786 F. Burney Diary 8 Aug. (1842) III. 69 I proposed it myself. The offer was plumply accepted. 1814 F. Burney Wanderer V. ix. lxxvii. 13 Dame Fairfield..plumply, then, acknowledged that Nat Mixon was a smuggler, as well as a deer-stealer. 1822 New Monthly Mag. 5 144 The last I contradict plumply. 1874 L. Carr Judith Gwynne I. iv. 130 It's out at last plainly and plumply. 1903 W. D. Howells Lett. Home xxi. 131 Her way of talking helped me put my back up, and I answered as plumply as she asked. 1918 W. M. Kirkland Joys of being Woman i. 17 With this paragraph I have plumply arrived at feminism. 2001 Independent (Nexis) 2 Mar. 4 A besuited economist..plumply offered a businessman's view of the foot-and-mouth epidemic. 2. With an abrupt or heavy fall or drop; with a thud or a sudden impact; squarely; suddenly, unexpectedly; = plump adv. 1. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > [adverb] > with direct or heavy impact plump1594 plumply1800 1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Piccolomini i. xii. 62 To throw me plumply [Ger. gerad] aside,—I am still too powerful for you To venture that. 1836 F. W. Thomas East & West II. xv. 176 If the former had hit the latter plumply, she would, in all probability, have sunk her. 1846 J. Joyce Sci. Dialogues i. xiii. 34 I have sometimes shot my white alley against another marble so plumply, that [etc.]. 1901 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 338/1 His quoit came down plumply on top of Marshall's. 2002 Times (Nexis) 10 June A shock to younger politicians who prefer to lob the ball plumply over the net while trading spiteful gossip. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.11611adv.21726 |
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