titanicallyadv.

Brit.

/tʌɪˈtanᵻkli/, U.S.

/taɪˈtænək(ə)li/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: titanical adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < titanical adj. + -ly suffix².Compare Byzantine Greek τιτανικῶς.

In a manner characteristic or reminiscent of the Titans; spec. colossally, gigantically.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adverb] > in the manner of a Titan

titanically1776

1776 C. L'Oste tr. Origen in Truth Christian Relig. Annot. 298 Some demons are wicked, and, as I may say, Titantically [Errata: Titanically; Gk. τιτανικοί] and gigantically so, having behaved impiously towards the Deity.

?1790 T. Taylor tr. Olympiodorus in Diss. Eleusinian & Bacchic Myst. 62 She is bound in body Prometheically and Titanically [Gk. τιτανικως].

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vii. v. 425 This National Convention of France..has had to make nothing but destruction and confusion: to burn up Catholicisms, Aristocratisms..; to fight Titanically with itself and with the whole world.

1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors I. vi. 93 A more than Titanically audacious balloonist.

1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger iv. ix. 643 Ought he to have set himself titanically against the conventions amid which he lived?

1961 M. Rosenberg Masks of Othello vii. 89 The image of a titanically grieved soul plunging from love into agony.

2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 July iii. 1/1 Chief executives..can become truly, titanically, stupefyingly rich.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	titanically
释义	titanicallyadv. Brit. /tʌɪˈtanᵻkli/, U.S. /taɪˈtænək(ə)li/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: titanical adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < titanical adj. + -ly suffix².Compare Byzantine Greek τιτανικῶς. In a manner characteristic or reminiscent of the Titans; spec. colossally, gigantically. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adverb] > in the manner of a Titan titanically1776 1776 C. L'Oste tr. Origen in Truth Christian Relig. Annot. 298 Some demons are wicked, and, as I may say, Titantically [Errata: Titanically; Gk. τιτανικοί] and gigantically so, having behaved impiously towards the Deity. ?1790 T. Taylor tr. Olympiodorus in Diss. Eleusinian & Bacchic Myst. 62 She is bound in body Prometheically and Titanically [Gk. τιτανικως]. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. vii. v. 425 This National Convention of France..has had to make nothing but destruction and confusion: to burn up Catholicisms, Aristocratisms..; to fight Titanically with itself and with the whole world. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors I. vi. 93 A more than Titanically audacious balloonist. 1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger iv. ix. 643 Ought he to have set himself titanically against the conventions amid which he lived? 1961 M. Rosenberg Masks of Othello vii. 89 The image of a titanically grieved soul plunging from love into agony. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 July iii. 1/1 Chief executives..can become truly, titanically, stupefyingly rich. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1776
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