单词 | spiritly |
释义 | spiritlyadj. 1. Resembling, characteristic of, or of the nature of spirit or a spirit; spirit-like. rare after 17th cent. ΚΠ a1629 M. Day Doomes-day (1636) 236 The same God..that can make one flesh to be washy and waterish, as the flesh of fish: another to be ayrie, and spiritly, as the flesh of birds. 1655 tr. I. de la Peyrère Theolog. Systeme I. 52 The souls of the Elect are most spiritly, above the souls of all other men; because the Elect surpasse all other men. 1916 Proc. 44th Ann. Session Mass. State Grange 155 The spiritly influence radiating from so practicable an environ, is felt, far beyond the four walls of the Grange Hall. 1991 Telegraph (Alton, Illinois) 29 Sept. a5/3 Decorations depicting the proper spiritly ambience should masquerade the area by the Thursday before Halloween weekend. 2. Energetic, lively, vivacious. Cf. sprightly adj. I. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > spirited or skittish skeyc1440 skittish?1510 skeigh1513 fiery?1561 gay1590 sprightful1598 frampold1600 mettleablec1600 mettle1606 fire-snort1608 mettleda1627 spiritly1630 spiritful1644 mettlesome1655 skeighish1827 flighty1828 slashing1862 fly-about1889 buckish1911 snuffy1955 1630 T. Adams Wks. (new ed.) 815 Pride..comes out like a Spanyard..mounted on a spiritley lennet named Insolence. a1635 R. Sibbes Evangelicall Sacrifices (1640) 275 Is my love so hote? and my joy so working, and spiritly, and quick as it should, or no? 1694 in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1933) V. 267 She was to look upon as gracefull, healthfull, and spiritly as any..but nine dayes ago, and now in the possession of death. 1759 J. French Young Psalmsinger's Compl. Guide ii. (title page) An Evening Service..In a spiritly Air, with the Words expressed in a freer Manner than in any Country Composition. 1839 Morning Herald (N.Y.) 21 June The numerous readers of your spiritly and spicy ‘Herald’. 1887 R. D. Blackmore Springhaven II. viii. 97 She up and answers spiritly. 1966 Centralia (Illinois) Sentinel 23 Sept. 8/8 This spiritly little lady is 90 years old today. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). spiritlyadv. With spirit, spiritedly; in a vigorous, animated, or energetic manner; = sprightly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adverb] quicklyOE heartilya1450 sprightlya1584 sprightfully1597 spiritfully?1609 lifelike1637 sprightlily1739 spiritedly1750 livelily1751 spirituously1751 good-temperedly1776 spiritly1796 vivaciously1815 animately1822 rattlingly1824 friskily1862 spirity1865 sparklingly1879 1796 W. Draper 20 Serm. Var. Subj. v. 78 This..was the case of David, who spiritly entered into the reasoning of the prophet. 1836 Herald (N.Y.) 30 Dec. She wished him to change his name for her own, but that he spiritly refused. 1896 Mid-Surrey Times 7 Mar. 8/3 The banjo marches and solos of the Bohee Brothers..were spiritly rendered. 1914 Indian School Jrnl. Apr. 390/2 The game was spiritly fought from start to finish. 1992 Archaeol. Ireland 6 28/2 He spiritly gallops his mount..down the road. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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