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单词 superciliously
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superciliouslyadv.

Brit. /ˌsuːpəˈsɪlɪəsli/, /ˌsjuːpəˈsɪlɪəsli/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈsɪliəsli/
Forms: see supercilious adj. and n. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: supercilious adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < supercilious adj. + -ly suffix2. Compare post-classical Latin superciliose (15th cent. in a British source; 16th cent. in continental sources).
In a supercilious manner; with an air of contemptuous indifference or superiority. Formerly also: †dictatorially, dogmatically, censoriously (obsolete).
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the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [adverb]
dignelyc1374
hautainlyc1400
deignouslyc1440
disdaininglyc1485
royally?c1500
disdainouslya1513
haughtly1523
superciliously1528
disdainishly?1529
disdainfullya1533
disdainedly1535
lordlikea1555
squeamishly1571
haughtily1572
state1579
coy1581
lordly1589
overly1610
lordlily1611
condescendingly1653
on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672
coyly1673
cavalierly1718
slightily1740
skeigh1792
patronizingly1834
Olympically1839
superiorly1844
Olympianly1871
superior1891
society > authority > rule or government > oppression > [adverb] > domineeringly or overbearingly
masterfully1395
masterlyc1425
masterlikec1450
superciliously1528
imperiously1536
dictator-like1581
magistrallya1603
lordlily1611
Nestoriously1620
magisterially1625
magistratically1650
magisteriously1673
domineeringly1684
dictatorially1731
dictatorily1788
overbearingly1824
high-handedly1867
1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. Aii Whan they haue ones superciliusly caught A lytell ragge of Rethorike.
1616 B. Jonson Epicœne v. iii, in Wks. I. 590 Set your faces, and looke superciliously, while I present you. View more context for this quotation
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1956) VIII. 40 Some binde themselves exactly, rigidly, superciliously, yea superstitiously to the number of foure.
1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 198 He talks most superciliously, and with the greatest assurance.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 96 The Earl..who was a punctual man in point of Honour, receiv'd this Address superciliously enough.
1709 J. Swift Vindic. I. Bickerstaff 3 If Men of publick Spirit must be superciliously treated for their ingenuous Attempts, how will true useful Knowledge be ever advanced?
1799 H. More Strict. Mod. Syst. Fem. Educ. (ed. 4) I. Introd. p. xviii Let it not be suspected..that she superciliously erects herself into the impeccable censor of her sex and of the world.
1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall II. 15 It is absurd in a country like England..for any man to assume an aristocratical tone, and to talk superciliously of the common people.
1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story I. i. 6 The proprietors [of the shops] were decorously pompous—the shopmen superciliously polite.
1865 M. E. Braddon Only a Clod III. xl. 238 Harcourt smiled superciliously. ‘I am not afraid of you.’
1926 J. Buchan Dancing Floor i. 10 When I came first to London it was the foolish fashion of young men not to dance, but to lounge superciliously in doorways.
2000 Scotsman (Nexis) 8 Nov. 9 He smirks superciliously, raises one eyebrow smugly, and returns to his newspaper.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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