单词 | ruddily |
释义 | ruddilyadv. In a ruddy manner (in various senses of the adjective); esp. with a red or reddish appearance.rare before 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > [adverb] rubicundly1599 redly1604 ruddily1647 fierily1824 1647 E. Ashmole tr. G. F. Spina in W. Lilly Worlds Catastrophe 13 The light..degenerated into a fiery red, and Mars-like brightness, like to Aldeboran, or that which shineth ruddily [L. rubescit], in the right shoulder of Orion. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Palely Wanly; not freshly; not ruddily. 1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xxvi. 43 Many a hand's on a richer hilt, But none on a steel more ruddily gilt. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 106 The fire was gleaming ruddily. 1884 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 336 Deep, narrow water-courses, ruddily stained by the ironstone beds whence they spring. 1919 ‘D. Grant’ Booty xiii. 162 He glanced up, caught the Englishman's quizzical stare and flushed ruddily. 1959 Times 7 Dec. 12/7 The Colonel glared ruddily over his moustache for a moment. 2002 M. Balogh Summer to Remember i. 5 She was plump and shapely and ruddily pretty and drew shrill whistles and admiring, bawdy comments from the spectators. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1647 |
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