单词 | shortly to say |
释义 | > as lemmasshortly to say (a) Modified by an adverb, as shortly to say, soothly to say, etc. [With shortly to say compare Anglo-Norman brefment a dire and Middle French briefment a dire (13th cent. or earlier), cortement a dire (a1307 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > assuredly, indeed soothlyc825 forsoothc888 wiselyc888 sooth to sayOE i-wislichec1000 to (‥) soothOE iwis?c1160 certesa1250 without missa1275 i-witterlic1275 trulyc1275 aplight1297 certc1300 in (good) fayc1300 verily1303 certain1330 in truthc1330 to tell (also speak, say) the truthc1330 certainlya1375 faithlya1375 in faitha1375 surelya1375 in sooth1390 in trothc1390 in good faitha1393 to witc1400 faithfullyc1405 soothly to sayc1405 all righta1413 sad?a1425 in certc1440 wella1470 truec1480 to say (the) truth1484 of a truth1494 of (a) trotha1500 for a truth?1532 in (of) verity1533 of verityc1550 really1561 for, in, or into very?1565 indeed1583 really and truly1600 indeed and indeed1673 right enough1761 deed1816 just1838 of a verity1850 sho1893 though1905 verdad1928 sholy1929 ja-nee1937 only1975 deffo1996 OE Wulfstan Pastoral Let. (Tiber. A.iii) (1957) 231 Þyder sceolan þeafas & þeodscaþan, &, raþost to secgenne [OE Hatton hrædest to secganne], ealle þu [read þa] manfullan þe god gremiaþ. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 3747 Bote to sigge [a1400 Trin. Cambr. segge, ?a1425 Digby seye] ssortliche þer nas ver ne ner Of prowesse ne of corteisie in þe world is per. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 470 Gattothed was she, soothly for to seye. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 117 And schortly to seye ȝou, þei suffren so grete peynes. 1521 tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Cyte of Ladyes ii. xxvj. sig. f.iv Shortely to saye, so moche she dyde, & so moche she purchaced for hym that she delyuered hym not onely from his exyle, but from his dethe also. ?1541 R. Copland tr. Galen Terapeutyke sig. Cjv Proprely to say these two maners of curyng ar called Prophilactykes in Greke. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. ii. 12 And indeed such a fellow, to say precisely, were not for the Court. View more context for this quotation 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise 536 Shortly to say, there neither man nor maid Was safe afield whether they wrought or played. 1922 Illinois Med. Jrnl. 42 146/1 Happily to say, a little orange juice added to the food and the disease disappears promptly. 2014 Telegraph-Jrnl. (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 31 Dec. a6 Christmas day has come and gone..and sadly to say another opportunity has been lost. shortly (the sooth) to say ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > in short at a (also one) wordOE at few wordsOE shortly1303 in short wordsc1380 oncec1384 in short and plainc1386 in sum?a1425 at short wordsa1450 at short1513 briefly?1521 in a word1522 in one word1522 with a word1522 summa1535 to be short1544 in (the) fine1545 in few1550 summarily1567 in a sum1574 in shorta1577 in brief1609 briefa1616 in a little1623 tout court1747 sans phrase1808 in a nutshell1822 in nuce1854 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 6007 And, shortly, ȝow for to telle, Þys lady wulde nat hem selle. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 22203 Scortli to sai. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 30 And shortly..I was of hir felaweship a non. c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 836 And for to sey shortlych, in Room was noon hym lych. 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxxx. 110 And shortely to say, he lost alle that he had. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccl. ii. 8 (Shortly) I was greater in more worshipe, then all my predecessours in Ierusalem. 1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. §14. 175 Shortly, resolve us but this one thing. < as lemmas |
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