单词 | presentably |
释义 | > as lemmaspreˈsentably preˈsentably adv. in a presentable manner, so as to have a good or respectable appearance. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adverb] fairlyOE comelyOE hendly?c1225 goodlyc1275 seemlya1325 sweet1338 quaintly1340 properlyc1390 well?a1400 comelilyc1400 seemlilyc1400 jollilyc1426 formally1548 handsomely1560 sightly1592 handsome1600 winsomely17.. nicely1714 in one's best (also worst) looks1816 presentably1848 1848 Times 27 July 5/5 An officer can still clothe himself presentably. 1892 A. E. Lee Hist. Columbus I. 252 The Square was enclosed, for the first time presentably, with a fence of cedar posts and white painted palings. 1959 E. H. Clements High Tension xii. 185 The laird of Kilmorrin, now dressed presentably..faced the laird of Glenask. 1994 Computer Bull. Apr. 2/3 Distributed computing is just now facing up to the challenge of handling continuous media such as voice, video and music presentably. < as lemmas |
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