单词 | puissantly |
释义 | puissantlyadv. In a puissant manner; with power, strength, or influence; mightily, vigorously. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [adverb] mightilyeOE mightfullya1398 roughlya1398 virtuouslya1398 strenghfullya1400 puissantlyc1460 potentially1549 potently1558 powerfully1589 powerably1593 powerlikea1628 c1460 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 292 (MED) Stormys ageyne of cruell syn..puyssauntlye us do assayle. c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 45 (MED) Whan youre nobille castelle and towne of Calix was beseigid..he puissauntly rescued it. ?c1475 ( in J. Stevenson Lett. & Papers Illustr. Wars Eng. in France (1864) II. 582 (MED) This werre shulde be continuede fourthe still puissantly iij yere day at the leste. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccxxii. 500 To resyst pusantly agaynst his enemyes. a1550 W. Lamb Resonyng (1985) 39/1 And that the mair puissantlie and suirlie he mycht vse this concurrence, ȝour kyng desirit. 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 150 Puissantly the Frenchmen doth he daunt. 1658 J. Webb tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Hymen's Præludia: 8th Pt. viii. ii. 11 Who most puissantly served the Queen's resentment. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Puissantly, powerfully, mightily. 1851 Amer. Whig Rev. Apr. 308/1 The matter indeed, Boswell told her, was puissantly discussed at The Club, Charles Fox in the chair. 1903 Burlington Mag. Nov. 184/1 Its author..was Priamo, the brother of the puissantly creative Jacopo della Quercia. 1995 M. Steinberg Symphony 516 Schumann begins the Rhenish Symphony with one of his most glorious themes, a puissantly forward-thrusting idea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.c1460 |
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