单词 | brashly |
释义 | brashlyadv. Originally U.S. In a brash manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adverb] > pertly or brashly pertly?1529 saucily1539 touchily1653 pert1795 puppyishly1817 tossily1851 brashly1865 pertlike1879 1865 ‘M. Twain’ in Californian 13 May 9 I mixed into this business a little too brashly—so to speak—and without due reflection. 1884 Mexican Let. in Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. Aug. This department of business that started off so brashly has played out. 1949 Here & Now Oct. 11/3 A brashly self-confident member of an Opposition which had had the confidence largely knocked out of it. 1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid v. 104 What that exhibitionist yonder So brashly relies on. 1957 ‘E. Ferrars’ Furnished for Murder iii. 25 An energetic, rather brashly handsome woman. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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