单词 | punily |
释义 | punilyadv. In a puny manner; weakly, feebly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adverb] > without force or vigour slacklyc960 feeblyc1330 remissly?a1425 faintlyc1440 weakly1526 punily1555 forcelessly1611 unvigorously1641 feeble1834 validless1866 the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adverb] faintlyc1320 weakly1398 unthendelyc1440 lankly1611 flaggingly1693 strengthlessly1820 punily1827 nervelessly1836 flaccidly1847 limply1869 the world > health and disease > ill health > [adverb] > in a weak manner or condition weakly1470 languishingly1579 languidly1759 groggily1896 punily1906 1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 220 Here one of the shyppes stole away punilie and returned into Spaine. a1750 A. Hill Saul (1760) i. i. 177 But, punily, resign'd, to fondness, For one, whose guilt, thy blindness wou'd protect, To hunt thy father's life, and shame thy own! 1775 H. Walpole Let. 22 Jan. (1904) IX. 150 Lord Rockingham, very punily, and the Duke of Richmond joined and supported the motion. 1827 W. Kennedy Fitful Fancies 85 The narrow shell In which the creeping creature man Loves punily to dwell. 1869 Overland Monthly Mar. 223/1 San Luis Obispo keeps sedulous guard over the stream which flows punily from the mountains. 1906 H. Belloc Hills & Sea 56 In Africa, where men build so squat and punily. 1992 English 41 106 The absurdity inherent..in the pathos of man's punily fist-shaking reactions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1555 |
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