单词 | uniformly |
释义 | uniformlyadv. In a uniform manner; with uniformity. 1. With or in conformity to one form or standard on the part of several; in the same way as others or another; without diversity of one from another.In later use merging into sense 3, from which it is not always clearly distinct. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adverb] > without diversity from another uniformly1549 uniformally1574 1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 74v The one syde [of the street] is built of harde stone, all vniformely with faire glasen wyndowes. 1559 Bp. C. Scot in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. ii. App. x. 27 Common prayers, and the holie sacraments uniformly mynystred. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 182 The houses are vniformely, and very fairely built of free-stone. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. vii. 360 A hundred..were uniformly drest in the regimentals of the marines. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. v. 73 They were uniformly dressed in brown stuff frocks. 2. With uniformity in degree, quantity, or extent; in or with the same relative proportion; equally, equably. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adverb] evenOE evenlya1398 evenlya1400 mackly1440 steadily1540 suantly1547 agreeably1561 agreeingly1563 uniformally1574 uniformly1577 levelly1610 invariably1646 constantly1651 homogeneously1651 equally1690 equably1715 unvariedly1780 suant1787 unrelievedly1832 consistently1861 synchronously1862 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1877) ii. vi. i. 156 They giue it gentle heats..till it be drie, and in the meane while they turne it often, that it may be vniformelie dried. 1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 78 A Consonance is a mixture of two Sounds falling into the eares vniformely. 1656 T. Hobbes Six Lessons iv. 36 in Elements Philos. Two Movents, one uniform, the other uniformly accelerated. 1743 W. Emerson Doctr. Fluxions 109 The Space..would be uniformly discribed in a given Time. 1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere III. iii. viii. 632 Their skins were so uniformly covered with dirt, that it was very difficult to ascertain their true colour. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 654 It is advisable to make the soil uniformly deep in every part. 1869 J. Tyndall in Fortn. Rev. 1 Feb. 244 If..the plate be wedge-shaped, thickening gradually and uniformly from edge to back. 3. a. In a manner that is always the same; without variation or alteration; at all times or in every case alike; invariably. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adverb] ever ylikeOE stillc1297 unchangeablya1340 in likea1425 unchangingly1435 immutably1601 irrevocably1608 negatively1622 inalterably1631 irreversibly1635 unalterably1643 invariably1646 intransibly1654 influxibly1677 uniformly1682 eternally1694 unvariably1766 unvaryingly1814 changelessly1825 homœostatically1959 terminally1974 1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 11 By Law is understood the power of God as it always acts uniformly. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. ii. 35 We find these Consequences, which we were beforehand informed of, uniformly to follow. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xiii. 375 The calm dignity which he uniformly affected. 1825 W. Scott Talisman xiii, in Tales Crusaders IV. 264 When once noticed, it uniformly made a strong impression on the spectator. 1863 E. V. Neale Analogy Thought & Nature 249 The judgments of our propositions are uniformly made by the verb ‘to be’. 1891 Law Times 92 124/1 Since 1846 the Chancellorship has been uniformly held by Irish barristers. b. Qualifying adjectives or adverbs. ΚΠ 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. xi. 329 An administration uniformly moderate and equitable. 1827 J. Ivimey Pilgr. 19th Cent. iii. 59 ‘Was he uniformly successful in trade?’... ‘I cannot say that he was always successful; he was uniformly honourable.’ 1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North I. 245 Life has gone uniformly well with him. 1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner x The result has been uniformly satisfactory. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1549 |
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