pretensivelyadv.

Brit.

/prᵻˈtɛnsᵻvli/, U.S.

/priˈtɛnsəvli/,

/prəˈtɛnsəvli/

Forms: 1600s pretenciuely, 1600s 1800s– pretensively.

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

Etymology: < pretensive adj. + -ly suffix². Compare post-classical Latin pretensive allegedly (c1432 in a British source).

Now chiefly U.S. (rare after 17th cent.).

Professedly; pretendedly, feignedly; as a pretext.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [adverb] > as a pretext

pretensively1607

professedly1782

ostensibly1871

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adverb]

faintlyc1330

feigninglya1387

supposingly?a1450

feignedly1535

counterfeitly1548

dissimulately1556

pretencedly1567

simulately1592

pretensively1607

pretendedly1611

ironically1612

supposedly1618

feigning1620

pretendingly1645

fictitiously1646

fictly1677

simulatively1816

bogusly1862

1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. i. 36 A stand against them, who pleade fiue things, against the sentence of abolition, for this grosse Idoll pretenciuely chaunged.

1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France 262 There passed an Act of Parliament pretensively against the depopulation of Villages, and decay of tillage, but purposedly to inable his subjects for the wars.

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 601 He would not vouchsafe to inquire what might be pretensively said, either from the Antients, or at present for the Austrians against them of Cleves.

1864 H. Bushnell Christ & His Salvation 263 Let us not be too much taken, my friends, by the typology in which our gospel is here and there so feebly and pretensively dressed.

1995 National Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 13 Feb. b14 In State ex rel. Malone v. Mummert, 76797, the defendants in the underlying personal injury action claimed that two of them were pretensively joined by the plaintiffs in order to obtain venue in the city of St. Louis.

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

单词	pretensively
释义	pretensivelyadv. Brit. /prᵻˈtɛnsᵻvli/, U.S. /priˈtɛnsəvli/, /prəˈtɛnsəvli/ Forms: 1600s pretenciuely, 1600s 1800s– pretensively. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pretensive adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < pretensive adj. + -ly suffix². Compare post-classical Latin pretensive allegedly (c1432 in a British source). Now chiefly U.S. (rare after 17th cent.). Professedly; pretendedly, feignedly; as a pretext. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [adverb] > as a pretext pretensively1607 professedly1782 ostensibly1871 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adverb] faintlyc1330 feigninglya1387 supposingly?a1450 feignedly1535 counterfeitly1548 dissimulately1556 pretencedly1567 simulately1592 pretensively1607 pretendedly1611 ironically1612 supposedly1618 feigning1620 pretendingly1645 fictitiously1646 fictly1677 simulatively1816 bogusly1862 1607 R. Parker Scholasticall Disc. against Antichrist i. i. 36 A stand against them, who pleade fiue things, against the sentence of abolition, for this grosse Idoll pretenciuely chaunged. 1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France 262 There passed an Act of Parliament pretensively against the depopulation of Villages, and decay of tillage, but purposedly to inable his subjects for the wars. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 601 He would not vouchsafe to inquire what might be pretensively said, either from the Antients, or at present for the Austrians against them of Cleves. 1864 H. Bushnell Christ & His Salvation 263 Let us not be too much taken, my friends, by the typology in which our gospel is here and there so feebly and pretensively dressed. 1995 National Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 13 Feb. b14 In State ex rel. Malone v. Mummert, 76797, the defendants in the underlying personal injury action claimed that two of them were pretensively joined by the plaintiffs in order to obtain venue in the city of St. Louis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1607
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