pregnantlyadv.¹

Brit.

/ˈprɛɡnəntli/, U.S.

/ˈprɛɡnən(t)li/

Forms: see pregnant adj.² and -ly suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pregnant adj.², -ly suffix².

Etymology: < pregnant adj.² + -ly suffix².

In a manner that convinces, or proves a point; cogently, forcibly; clearly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adverb] > with conviction

pregnantlya1438

unagainsayablyc1449

groundedly1546

undeniably1646

evincingly1656

stringently1659

convictively1664

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > argument, source of conviction > [adverb] > with strong reasons

strongly1395

pregnantlya1438

solidly1625

cogently1646

a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 35 þe clerkys had ful gret meruayl of hir, þat sche answeryd so redyly & pregnawntly.

c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) ii. 1237 To youre motyf answere thus may I, And voyde youre reson weel and pregnauntly.

1590 T. Rogers Miles Christianus 3 I will before your eies place some propositions pregnantly arising from your verie speech.

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) iv. ii. §1. 125 Play pregnantly prooueth passions.

1654 J. Ellistone & J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Mysterium Magnum xliii. 301 We here see very fully and pregnantly.

1702 W. Penn No Cross, No Crown (ed. 6) 125 This is pregnantly manifested in the case of the centurion, whose faith was so much commended by Christ.

1794 G. Wakefield Exam. Age of Reason (ed. 2) 10 A just remark, concisely and pregantly expressed.

1850 Contribs. to Herography 33 The dull herd of such as have no characters at all, (which is the case with by far the majority of mankind, as the sagacious Dr. Johnson has most pregnantly remarked).

1894 Amer. Naturalist 28 2 The question of the inheritance of acquired characters was discussed clearly and pregnantly by van Bemmelen.

1921 Times 25 Aug. 4/4 There are many thousands of her sons and daughters who loved her well and yet have left her for the reasons so pregnantly given in ‘An Englishman's Farewell to his Church’.

1953 R. Lowell Let. 25 Mar. in I. Hamilton R. Lowell (1982) 198 What does War and Peace have that isn't more pregnantly said in a one-line Japanese—what shall I call it?

1999 Czech News Agency (Nexis) 16 Aug. She has learnt to pregnantly formulate her ideas and limited her rudeness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pregnantlyadv.²

Brit.

/ˈprɛɡnəntli/, U.S.

/ˈprɛɡnən(t)li/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pregnant adj.¹, -ly suffix².

Etymology: < pregnant adj.¹ + -ly suffix².

†a. Fruitfully, prolifically. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [adverb]

fructuouslya1382

fertilelya1586

pregnantly1593

fruitfully1608

fructiferously1635

exuberantly1650

teemingly1651

prolifically1735

prolificly1851

resultfully1860

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 58 The baddest weede, groweth fastest: and no Gangrene so pregnantly dispreddeth itselfe, as riott.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Pregnantly, fruitfully.

b. In a form capable of development. rare.

ΚΠ

1892 J. Tait Mind in Matter (ed. 3) 58 The reiterated pronouncement that all forms of life existed pregnantly in the first germ would have more weight were it well established that generation is not a limiting process.

2. In a manner implying more than is expressed; significantly; suggestively.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > high significance, expressiveness > [adverb]

significatively?a1475

significantly1577

expressively?1623

speakingly1640

meaninglya1750

significant1861

pregnantly1878

meaningfully1890

1878 H. James in Nation 25 Apr. 277/1 As the incident is related wholly in the ironic, satiric manner, the temptation to be pregnantly witty was, of course, particularly strong.

1879 W. D. Whitney Sanskrit Gram. 359 Often, the iti is used more pregnantly.

1924 Classical Q. 18 208 It [sc. crescere] is either used pregnantly = multitudine semper crescente accedere, or it means ‘grow larger’.

1961 J. N. Findlay Values & Intentions vi. 251 A wholly banal statement of fact may chance also to be a pregnantly satirical expression of banality.

1988 Newsday (Nexis) 10 May 61 He hesitated, pregnantly.

2002 Washington Post 19 Mar. (Home ed.) c11/2 But he added, pregnantly, that I'd do well to wear a tie every day.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pregnantly
释义	pregnantlyadv.¹ Brit. /ˈprɛɡnəntli/, U.S. /ˈprɛɡnən(t)li/ Forms: see pregnant adj.² and -ly suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pregnant adj.², -ly suffix². Etymology: < pregnant adj.² + -ly suffix². In a manner that convinces, or proves a point; cogently, forcibly; clearly. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > proof, demonstration > [adverb] > with conviction pregnantlya1438 unagainsayablyc1449 groundedly1546 undeniably1646 evincingly1656 stringently1659 convictively1664 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > argument, source of conviction > [adverb] > with strong reasons strongly1395 pregnantlya1438 solidly1625 cogently1646 a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 35 þe clerkys had ful gret meruayl of hir, þat sche answeryd so redyly & pregnawntly. c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) ii. 1237 To youre motyf answere thus may I, And voyde youre reson weel and pregnauntly. 1590 T. Rogers Miles Christianus 3 I will before your eies place some propositions pregnantly arising from your verie speech. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) iv. ii. §1. 125 Play pregnantly prooueth passions. 1654 J. Ellistone & J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Mysterium Magnum xliii. 301 We here see very fully and pregnantly. 1702 W. Penn No Cross, No Crown (ed. 6) 125 This is pregnantly manifested in the case of the centurion, whose faith was so much commended by Christ. 1794 G. Wakefield Exam. Age of Reason (ed. 2) 10 A just remark, concisely and pregantly expressed. 1850 Contribs. to Herography 33 The dull herd of such as have no characters at all, (which is the case with by far the majority of mankind, as the sagacious Dr. Johnson has most pregnantly remarked). 1894 Amer. Naturalist 28 2 The question of the inheritance of acquired characters was discussed clearly and pregnantly by van Bemmelen. 1921 Times 25 Aug. 4/4 There are many thousands of her sons and daughters who loved her well and yet have left her for the reasons so pregnantly given in ‘An Englishman's Farewell to his Church’. 1953 R. Lowell Let. 25 Mar. in I. Hamilton R. Lowell (1982) 198 What does War and Peace have that isn't more pregnantly said in a one-line Japanese—what shall I call it? 1999 Czech News Agency (Nexis) 16 Aug. She has learnt to pregnantly formulate her ideas and limited her rudeness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pregnantlyadv.² Brit. /ˈprɛɡnəntli/, U.S. /ˈprɛɡnən(t)li/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pregnant adj.¹, -ly suffix². Etymology: < pregnant adj.¹ + -ly suffix². 1. †a. Fruitfully, prolifically. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > [adverb] fructuouslya1382 fertilelya1586 pregnantly1593 fruitfully1608 fructiferously1635 exuberantly1650 teemingly1651 prolifically1735 prolificly1851 resultfully1860 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 58 The baddest weede, groweth fastest: and no Gangrene so pregnantly dispreddeth itselfe, as riott. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Pregnantly, fruitfully. b. In a form capable of development. rare. ΚΠ 1892 J. Tait Mind in Matter (ed. 3) 58 The reiterated pronouncement that all forms of life existed pregnantly in the first germ would have more weight were it well established that generation is not a limiting process. 2. In a manner implying more than is expressed; significantly; suggestively. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > high significance, expressiveness > [adverb] significatively?a1475 significantly1577 expressively?1623 speakingly1640 meaninglya1750 significant1861 pregnantly1878 meaningfully1890 1878 H. James in Nation 25 Apr. 277/1 As the incident is related wholly in the ironic, satiric manner, the temptation to be pregnantly witty was, of course, particularly strong. 1879 W. D. Whitney Sanskrit Gram. 359 Often, the iti is used more pregnantly. 1924 Classical Q. 18 208 It [sc. crescere] is either used pregnantly = multitudine semper crescente accedere, or it means ‘grow larger’. 1961 J. N. Findlay Values & Intentions vi. 251 A wholly banal statement of fact may chance also to be a pregnantly satirical expression of banality. 1988 Newsday (Nexis) 10 May 61 He hesitated, pregnantly. 2002 Washington Post 19 Mar. (Home ed.) c11/2 But he added, pregnantly, that I'd do well to wear a tie every day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.¹a1438adv.²1593
随便看	to see, think fit to seed down to seed seed to seek a hare in a hen's nest to seek a knot in a bulrush to seek a knot in a ring to seek a knot or knots in a rush or bulrush to seek a livelihood to seek a saint or hallow to seek after to seek again(s to seek all the corners of the saddle to seek all the seats of the saddle to seek asunder to seek creeks to seek dead to seek expression to seek find a knot in a bulrush to seek for to seek for a salmon's nest to seek hallows to seek matter to seek on to seek one's best to seek one's best avail

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