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sensiblyadv. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: sensible adj., -ly suffix2. Etymology: < sensible adj. + -ly suffix2, originally after post-classical Latin sensibiliter in a manner perceptible to the senses (4th cent.). Compare Middle French, French sensiblement judiciously, reasonably (second half of the 14th cent.), in a manner perceptible to the senses, perceptibly (both c1370; 1314 in Old French in sense ‘by using the senses’). 1. the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [adverb] a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. x. iv. 558 He [sc. fire] is clepid ihidde, for in his beynge he is nat sensibly [L. sensibiliter] iseye. c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies i. x, in (1885) 8 146 So grete froste, þat..in þe holy chalys, while þe preste songe, wyne fros sensibly & sodeynly in to yce. ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Hij, in Some parte of the medycament wyll flowe by lytel & lytel in to ye artere sensibly and manyfestly. 1594 W. Shakespeare iv. ii. 121 Hee is your brother Lords, sensiblie fed Of that selfe bloud that first gaue life to you. View more context for this quotation 1617 R. Robinson sig. B9 The sound it selfe is sensibly discerned by the eares. 1653 in H. J. F. Swayne (1896) 228 The maine pillars did bulge out, and sensiblely shake. 1705 J. Addison 114 From Venice to Ancona the Tide comes in very sensibly at its stated Periods. 1768 T. Lane in (Royal Soc.) 57 459 The agitation of the water may be sensibly observed at the instant of the explosion. 1850 H. G. Bohn et al. 561 If a ball is made to go to the brink of a pocket, and after sensibly standing still, should fall into it, the striker wins nothing. 1893 R. S. Ball ii. 36 Lines drawn from various points on the Earth to Pollux would all appear sensibly parallel. 1960 F. Copleston VI. xii. 235 Sensibility..means the capacity for receiving representations of objects by being sensibly affected by them. 2013 A. E. Shapiro in J. Z. Buchwald & R. Fox vi. 177 Colours that are sensibly identical..may be either of a compounded or uncompounded origin. the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adverb] > worthy of notice the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > to a considerable degree 1563 W. Fulke iv. f. 57v Some waters that are generated and flowe out of vaynes of brymstone, are sensybly warme, and some very whott. 1647 in C. B. Gunn (1905) 4 That non..be sensibly drunke nor known to be drunk. 1676 R. Boyle in (Royal Soc.) 10 522 The two Ingredients were easily mingled, and grew not only sensibly but considerably hot [in the palm of his hand]. 1728 tr. I. Newton 123 Those rays are not able sensibly to move the gross substances in our parts. 1762 Ld. Kames II. xviii. 423 The pause also is sensibly affected by the position of the accent. a1817 T. Dwight (1822) IV. 369 At the end of two years, this currency, in consequence of enormous emissions, began sensibly to depreciate. 1877 A. Geikie iv. 278 The sea is said to be sensibly decreasing in size. 1922 A. Christie xix. 233 Tommy's heart beat sensibly faster as they followed the doctor upstairs. 1994 14 July 44/1 Their amnesia was not sensibly diminished. †2. the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > [adverb] society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adverb] ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 180, in at Sensibli It scheweþ sensibellie þat þei schal neiþer be hote ne drie excellentlye. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in f. 10v (MED) I þinke in þis partie to treten sensibli & schortly of þe forseid anothamye. 1576 A. Fleming tr. in 226 Vnblameable affections,..hath not their generation or issue, from the enticementes of Venerie, I meane (to speake more sensibly) from carnall pleasures. 1621 T. Taylor 380 Men are able to vnderstand and speake sensibly of matters of Religion. a1684 J. Evelyn anno 1673 (1955) IV. 29 But the description..did almost ravish me; so sensibly the<y> spake of the excellent aire & climat, in respect of our cloudy & splenetic Country. 1748 tr. P. De St. Pierre 36 Mr. Roberts thereupon explained his Notion of Perjury sensibly and clearly. 1778 R. Lewis I. 80 It is impossible for any Author to write ever so mysteriously or obscurely, but his Commentator will..prove..that he has wrote sensibly and clearly. the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > [adverb] the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adverb] the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adverb] > anguish or torment 1613 R. Preston App. i. viii. 319 To deliuer men ouer to Sathan, by whom they should sensibly be punished. 1655 J. Jane Let. 28 June in E. Nicholas (1892) II. 355 Never was the vanity of pretenders to wisdom and government more apparantly layed open to reproach..nor the people requited for their murmuringes more sensibly then ours have beene. ?1701 32 Idolatrous Practises in a Christian People, so sensibly reprov'd by a Turkish Infidel. 1786 ‘P. Pindar’ (new ed.) xi. 30 The Bard sensibly reproveth the young Artists for their propensity to Abuse. 1849 J. Smith 251 I stood convicted, reproved, and sensibly condemned. 3. the mind > mental capacity > consciousness > self-consciousness > [adverb] 1447 O. Bokenham (Arun.) (1938) l. 2217 (MED) These ydols..as I wel know sensibylly, Mow me nere other hurt nere saue. c1500 (?a1475) (1896) l. 1620 (MED) The cause of thy commyng Ys to vndyrstand..Sensybly, the mater of Morpheus. 1526 W. Bonde iii. sig. gv And than he begynneth to loue censibly: And than fyrst he feleth that he loueth god. 1586 G. Pettie & B. Yong tr. S. Guazzo (rev. ed.) iv. f. 176 I doe sensiblie feele all the superfluous humours (engendred by solitarinesse) consumed quite, and spent in mee. 1624 G. Throgmorton 178 Thou shalt then sensibly feele & know, that Christ is in thee. 1678 J. Bunyan 203 When he doth sensibly, and with heart-humiliation thus think, then hath he good thoughts of his own ways. View more context for this quotation 1748 8 What use can these his sore Visitations be of, unless we sensibly know and feel them? 1869 H. James 7 The infinite reveals itself to our nascent understanding only by the finite—i. e. by what we already sensibly know. 1993 4 Jan. 1/5 I became sensibly aware in time of the controversies and efforts he faced every day. the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [adverb] 1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara 402 Iulia his vnfortunate wife, so sensiblie [Sp. tanto] did feele his death, that by extreeme sorrowe she finished her life. 1614 J. Hayward (ed. 2) 185 These accusing thoughts, that make me too sensibly to feele the dangerous sicknes of my soule. 1657 W. G. tr. F. Le M. de Boisrobert 162 The two Princes, whose losse we have felt so sensibly, as we shall never come again to our selves. 1719 D. Defoe 132 It was now that I began sensibly to feel how much more happy this Life I now led was..than the wicked..Life I led all the past Part of my Days. 1753 S. Richardson III. xxviii. 296 The melancholy tale, I see, affects you too sensibly. 1805 H. F. Cary tr. Dante I. vi. 110 As each thing to more perfection grows, It feels more sensibly both good and pain. 1853 W. G. Simms xxv. 316 He was..sensibly impressed with a nameless terror. 1921 M. Diver vi. 189 Their mutual emotion affected them sensibly. 2011 N. C. Pennington & L. H. Staples viii. 118 Sometimes we are comparing our real, sensibly felt pain and anxiety with the..apparent happiness of others. the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > [adverb] 1578 J. Banister iv. f. 47 Thou hast to consider of the Muscles of the eyes, abstract sensibly from Galen, Uesalius, and the rest of Anathomistes. 1595 Edinb. Test. XXVIII. f. 270v, in at cited word In cais..scho and hir sone Wm. can nocht aggrie sencablie togidder. 1742 Dec. 603/2 No Part can be sensibly, prudently, and judiciously acted by England, but that of endeavouring to unite the Princes of Germany. 1755 S. Johnson Sensibly, in low language, judiciously, reasonably. 1828 N. Webster (at cited word) The man converses very sensibly on all common topics. 1876 14 Oct. 105/1 Extravagances that would have horrified our industrious, thrifty, quiet-going, sensibly-attired progenitors. 1898 G. B. Shaw i. 103 Do you think that the things people make fools of themselves about are any less real and true than the things they behave sensibly about? 1899 13 Jan. 3/2 A sensibly-written book, which will serve a useful purpose. 1932 D. L. Sayers i. 9 She was dressed sensibly in a short skirt and thin sweater. 1970 N. Marsh iii. 51 They wore sensibly shady hats. 2007 14 Apr. 38/2 Biology isn't necessarily destiny: we can still control our weight by eating sensibly and taking exercise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  adv.a1398 |
