单词 | to be well out of |
释义 | > as lemmasto be well out of c. With verbs of going, bringing, getting, etc., with adverbial complement indicating position or motion: happily, opportunely, advantageously. Now frequently in to be well out of (cf. out of prep. 15a). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [adverb] wellc1300 fructuouslya1382 profitablya1382 wella1400 commodiously1420 at the best advice1433 fruitfullyc1450 fruituouslyc1450 behovably1512 profitable?c1525 availably1530 beneficially1531 advantageously1562 availfully1603 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 5024 Ledes wit yow beniamin, Godd giue yow þedir will [Fairf. wele] to wine. c1470 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 110 (MED) Gode..brynge yow welle home and in schorte tyme. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Bene Good speede the, and send the well to returne. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Ceres To call and praie to god to send well in our corne. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 85 So he came well off at the last, though he was dangerously engaged onward. 1708 S. Sewall Diary 18 Dec. (1973) I. 612 Got home well in my slay, had much adoe to avoid Slews. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. ci. 371 God send him well out of the kingdom! 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. ix. 58 We proceeded on our journey, blessing our selves that we had come off so well. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. iv. 93 I wish you weel through, my lord, but it is an unequal fight. 1852 ‘E. Warburton’ Darien (1860) i. xiii. 110 His regard for what was left of his reputation concurred with his greed of gold in wishing his guest well away. 1860 G. A. Sala Baddington Peerage I. xviii. 307 However, I'm well out of it, I don't mean Newgate, but my Spanish courtship. 1876 H. Brooks Natal 199 After he had got well off from the tribes in the old neighbourhood. 1940 ‘E. M. Delafield’ Provinc. Lady in Wartime 146 Old Mrs. W.-G. is more aggravating than ever, and Aunt Blanche is well out of sharing a flat with her. 1999 J. J. Connolly in T. White Britpulp! 158 He's..got you and Tony to test the water first and now the shit's hit, he's well out of it. < as lemmas |
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