单词 | retrogradely |
释义 | retrogradelyadv. In a retrograde way or manner; esp. in a backward direction. Now chiefly in scientific contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adverb] abackOE ruglingc1225 abackwardc1275 backwarda1300 hindwarda1300 arsewardly1530 arseward1553 rearward1604 retrogradea1620 aversively?1624 arsewards1648 retrogradely1658 regressively1755 backlings1786 tailwise1825 rearwards1835 bass-ackwardsa1865 arseling1887 bass-ackward1902 ass-backwards1934 backasswards1951 backassward1961 1658 T. Bromhall Treat. Specters iv. 264 The water making a reflux and flowing retrogradely. 1666 A. Brome tr. Horace Poems 98 Least Fortunes wheel should retrogradely run. 1730 B. Morrice Dissectio Mentis Humanæ 35 Oh, thou! be retrogradely bright. 1779 Sketch of Farce ii. 26 He must, as it were, move retrogradely, to get forwards. 1864 E. S. S. Rouse Bugle Blast xv. 76 It was a retrogradely fought battle, in which the enemy was held completely in check and foiled at every point. 1894 Idler Sept. 199 I daresay it's all very foolish and retrogradely sentimental. 1946 Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 59 109 The similarities of the motions of a retrogradely precessing top and the spherical pendulum. 1967 Jrnl. Pediatrics 70 343/1 Contrast medium was found to enter the duodenal lumen retrogradely from intestinal lymphatics. 2001 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98 11011 Secreted NGF [= nerve growth factor] is internalized by the nerve terminal and transported retrogradely to the cell body to exert its trophic effects. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1658 |
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