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单词 plumply
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plumplyadv.1

Brit. /ˈplʌmpli/, U.S. /ˈpləmpli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plump adj.1, -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < plump adj.1 + -ly suffix2.
In a plump way; with a full, rounded shape; to the point of plumpness.
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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

Brit. /ˈplʌmpli/, U.S. /ˈpləmpli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plump adj.2, -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < plump adj.2 + -ly suffix2. Compare earlier plump adv.
1. Directly, immediately, straightaway; spec. (of a statement, question, etc.) without circumlocution or concealment, in plain terms, bluntly, flatly; = plump adv. 3.
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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.
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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).
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