单词 | best of all |
释义 | > as lemmasbest of all b. Used as an intensive modifier of a superlative adverb to form adverbial phrases, as best of all, first of all, most of all, etc. Cf. alder- prefix 1a. ΚΠ OE Paris Psalter (1932) cviii. 28 Him si abrogden swa of brechrægle hiora sylfra sceamu swyþust ealra.] a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 775 Wherof thei merveile everychon, Bot Elda wondreth most of alle. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) ii. iii. 147 And, first of all, the mannakillis and hard bandis Chargit he lows of this ilk mannis handis. a1652 S. Foster Elliptical Horologiography (1654) 187 This I shall adde as a Corollary to that which hath last of all been delivered in general for all Plains and Indexes. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 135. ¶4 First of all by its abounding in Monosyllables. 1792 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 391 My party principles..must lead me to detest the French revolution, in the act, in the spirit, in the consequences, and most of all, in the example. 1848 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth 2nd Ser. (ed. 2) 4 One may develope an idea..But one cannot add to it, least of all in another age. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iv. iii. 407 ‘Genius’..means transcendent capacity of taking trouble, first of all. 1933 D. Thomas Let. 15 Apr. (1987) 115 The composition of my own letter and—best of all—the having of yours, has become the greatest event of the week. 1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo viii. 141 Of all our vanished creatures we mourn these quaggas most of all. 2011 Independent 27 July (Viewspaper section) 7/3 No one else, Mr Clegg least of all, has the integrity and public trust to revive a moribund political force. < as lemmas |
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