单词 | unreclaimably |
释义 | unreclaimablyadv. In an unreclaimable manner, esp. irredeemably, irremediably, incorrigibly. Cf. irreclaimably adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adverb] > perversely witherc1200 contrariouslyc1380 waywardly1395 frowardlya1400 overthwartlya1425 wrawlyc1440 protervely1447 perverselya1513 thrawnlya1522 perversedlya1525 thrawartly1533 thwartly1558 backwardlya1586 unreclaimablya1616 peevishlya1680 untowardly1682 bloody-mindedly1716 wrong-headedly1737 thrawart-like1768 cross-grained1825 pigheadedly1836 cussedly1868 contrariwise1873 a1616 W. Negus Mans Active Obed. (1619) xxxiii. 310 Proceeding vnreclaimeably with an obdurate heart. 1645 Bp. J. Hall Peace-maker vii. 57 Those..who doe pertinaciously, and unreclaimably maintaine Doctrines destructive to the foundation of Christian Religion. 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iii. sig. Iii5v Unreclamably addicted to their antient Judaism. 1802 C. Smith Lett. Solitary Wanderer V. 3 To-morrow, therefore, your often-reproved, yet unreclaimably romantic friend, begins his journey from this place to Hamburgh. 1846 N. Brit. Rev. Nov. 246 Each submerged inch of land is unreclaimably lost. 1907 L. Gilman Music of To-morrow ii. 26 Almost twenty years ago Debussy was employing in certain songs harmonic ideas that, even to-day, perplex and disconcert many minds not unreclaimably orthodox. 2000 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 10 Feb. e1/1 The production slips after intermission when it deals with the more unreclaimably Victorian aspects of Bronte's romantic masterpiece. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.a1616 |
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