单词 | sensually |
释义 | sensuallyadv. 1. In a manner perceptible by the senses; by means of the senses; in terms of, or with regard to, the senses. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [adverb] sensiblya1398 sensually?a1425 palpablya1456 feelably?a1475 there1535 discernably1561 sensible1590 discernibly1645 distinguishably1704 perceptivelya1774 sensitively1797 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 162v (MED) Anoþer maner of fire is potenciale, which sheweþ nouȝt sensualy, i. felynly [?c1425 Paris sensuely, i. to the felynge; L. sensualiter], in þe houre or tyme bot after þe deduccioun. 1556 in tr. A. Mainardi Anatomi f. 237v He [sc. Jesus] is not only in the sacrament, but also in trowth sensually handled with the priestes handes. 1686 A. Horneck Crucified Jesus xi. 193 They cannot sensually, but only in a Sacramental, or Representative way, be handled by the Priest. 1734 Let. to Deist 24 It by no means follows that a Man dies rationally, when he does sensually. 1793 J. Reid Our Lord Jesus Christ God-Man 16 Sensual things are sensually discerned: Rational things are rationally discerned. 1855 C. Collier tr. Aristotle On Vital Princip. viii. 169 Knowledge is..things known, as sensation is things sensually perceived. 1880 A. E. Kroeger tr. I. Kant in Jrnl. Speculative Philos. 14 164 To make out the actual, sensually perceptible phenomena of the world. 1934 Amer. Econ. Rev. 24 93 Another [world], sensually perceived, with its astonishing jumble of phenomena. 1951 W. C. Williams Autobiogr. iii. l. 333 How shall we in this region of the mind which is all we can tactically, sensually know, organize our history other than as Shaker furniture is organized? 2005 G. T. Houston From Dickens to Dracula ii. 36 Marx's materialist imagery makes the reader sensually understand the way that capitalism retailors, constricts, and disfigures humanity. 2. a. So as to gratify the senses; in terms of or with regard to physical (esp. sexual) urges or desires; carnally, lustfully, licentiously. Chiefly with pejorative connotation. Now only as a contextual use of sense 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [adverb] fleshly?c1225 sensuallyc1450 voluptuously1532 epicurishly1548 epicurely1599 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adverb] lustilyc1410 concupiscentlyc1450 sensuallyc1450 lasciviously1546 luxuriously?c1550 lustly1598 libidinously1602 lustfully1610 concupiscentially1627 lasciviently1664 rammishly1693 sluttishly1952 c1450 Speculum Christiani (Harl. 6580) (1933) 82 (MED) It es mouede sensually or fleschly of suggestion or any other wyse, and than es made the fyrste styrynge of synne. 1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes ii. xxxiv. f. 141/1 The longer they remained in the warres, the more sensuallye their children liued in Rome. 1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. Argt. 220 They shall neuer be wise or sober, so long as they be so sensually disposed. a1618 W. Raleigh Life & Death Mahomet (1637) 51 His pleasure, which hee spared not sensually to follow in enticing and forcing..mens wives and daughters. 1699 R. Ferguson Just & Modest Vindic. Scots Design 206 Any, whose principles..make the Blaspheming God,..and the living brutishly and sensually Lawful. 1748 Important Direct. how to spend Every Day (ed. 2) 4 Let the time of your sleep be rationally fitted to your health and labour, and not sensually to your slothful pleasure. 1790 H. L. Piozzi Diary 18 Mar. in Thraliana (1942) II. 764 A Lady who lived much with Quakers, once told me; that the Women of that Sect were sensually disposed. 1830 I. Leeser tr. J. Johnson Instr. Mosaic Relig. ix. 120 Man acts sensually solely when he esteems and seeks pleasures more than what is right and good. 1856 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 95 The refined and the coarse, the cultivated and the ignorant, the high-minded and the sensually low. 1912 Mod. Lang. Notes 27 137 Both the Prince and Marinelli are brutal and coarse and are sensually inclined, with a low attitude toward women. b. In a more neutral sense: with regard to enjoyment derived from the senses or physical pleasure; in a sensual manner. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > [adverb] > with a view to gratifying senses sensually1546 1546 S. Gardiner Detection Deuils Sophistrie f. cxx The rule of leade that men now a daies sensually folowe, plyable to theyr fansyes. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Uv.iiv It may be graunted the Courtier, while he is yong, to loue sensuallye. 1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. D3 Succeeding times..would instruct Their fairest issue to meete sensually, Like other creatures. a1683 A. Sidney Of Love in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1748) II. 403 An Angel loves spiritually;..a Man, that is composed of Reason and Sense, rationally and sensually, both together. a1710 H. Cornwallis Laus Deo (1719) 7 When we sing Psalms, we must sing them seriously and solemnly, not lightly and sensually to gratifie a curious Ear. 1781 B. Mandeville tr. B. L. de la Muralt Divine Instinct 68 It was improbable that Divine Wisdom should have made so many things merely that man might sensually enjoy them. 1847 Bell's Life in London 4 July 3/3 We are just going to see what effect the summer solstice has had on the brains of our periodical colleagues—whether it has softened them so as to cause them to write..sensually or voluptuously. 1896 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 7 209 As Jennings says, the beauty which attracts sensually even women must be of the feminine order. 1926 J. Devanny Butcher Shop xvi. 186 She gazed after him sensually. What a lovely smile he had! What white teeth and liquid eyes! 1976 W. Katiyo Son of Soil iii. 128 Alexio sensually smoked his cigarette and thought for a few moments. 2003 fRoots July 23/2 Their bodies flow into one another as they execute the sensually smooth dance steps of zouk-love. Compounds sensually-minded n. and adj. ΚΠ 1662 H. More Coll. Philos. Writings Pref. Gen. p. viii For there is a sanctity even of Body and Complexion, which the sensually-minded do not so much as dream of. 1710 J. Ollyffe Pract. Expos. Church-catech. I. 48 A sensually-minded man cannot be happy in Heaven. 1854 Brit. Millennial Harbinger 7 170/1 Such earthly, sensually-minded men could not receive the things or truths of the Spirit of God. 1910 Jrnl. Eng. & Germanic Philol. 9 302 Watered by the proclivities of sensually-minded men, the legend of a wonderful, need-supplying vessel was distorted. 2015 M. Bull & J. P. Mitchell Ritual, Performance & Senses 167 A very sensually-minded theory of ritual symbols. 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