单词 | to a tittle |
释义 | > as lemmasto a tittle P2. to a tittle: with minute exactness, to the smallest detail, to a T. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] > strictly strait1338 smally1340 at point devicec1390 point-devicec1425 precisely1526 to the point device1542 just1549 rigorously1561 by the square1570 curiously1573 by point device1575 in print1576 to a tittle1597 nicelya1616 to a hair's breadtha1616 point-vice1641 to a nicka1680 to a cow's thumb1681 to a tee1693 narrowly1708 scrupulously1712 to a dot1728 perjinkly1775 to a nicety1795 astringently1866 to a fit1890 1597 N. Breton Wits Trenchmour sig. D3v Oh sir, Souldiours generally are of that imperious humour, that they had rather commaund a looke then yeeld to a tittle. 1607 F. Beaumont Woman Hater iii. iii. sig. E3v Ile quote him to a tittle. 1648 D. Jenkins All is not Gould 2 This old Proverb..is sophisticall, metaphoricall, and alegoricall, & literally true to a tittle. 1700 S. Patrick Comm. Deut. (xxviii. 53) 518 This was fulfilled to a tittle by Vespasian and his Son Titus. 1728 H. Fielding Love in Several Masques ii. ix. 27 La. Trap. Are you blind? they are both alike to a Tittle. Sir Pos. To a dot. Her Hand to a dot. 1805 ‘C. Caustic’ Democracy Unveiled iv. 123 That I might suit them to a tittle, Have stretch'd the truth—and lied a little. 1855 R. Browning Fra Lippo Lippi in Men & Women I. 36 He's Judas to a tittle, that man is! 1962 R. Eberhart Mad Musician in Tulane Drama Rev. 6 47 I balance him in his sessions to a tittle. < as lemmas |
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