单词 | vocally |
释义 | vocallyadv. 1. a. With or by means of the voice; in spoken words, orally.For use referring specifically to singing, see sense 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [adverb] vocallyc1475 c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 212 (MED) Which gouernauncis he schulde kepe whilis he is reding, or vocaly withoute book speking. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. 6/1 As to the thirde [name] vocally, for as moche as by the voys he was callyd Jhesus. 1554 J. Gwynneth Declar. State wherin Heretikes leade Liues f. 30v The deniall therof is vocally spoken, and outwardly expressed. 1616 A. Roberts Treat. Witchcraft (title page) Her contract vocally made between the Deuill and her, in solemne termes. 1659 B. Jones Herm'ælogium 42 In that the first and second persons of the Verb be aswell digitally as vocally notified. 1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil ii. iii. 217 By whispering to her vocally when she was asleep. 1782 E. Blower George Bateman II. 136 The valet, though he durst not vocally express his admiration.., yet leered familiarly. 1847 E. Brontë Wuthering Heights I. i. 8 I ‘never told my love’ vocally. 1897 S. Crane Third Violet ii. 8 The dog..gave vent to little sobs in a wild attempt to vocally describe his gladness. 1969 Boys' Life Jan. 12/2 If we are to communicate with them [sc. dolphins] vocally..we will have to learn their ‘language’. 2017 Daily Rec. & Sunday Mail (Nexis) 27 Aug. 21 Eventually you will only need a whistle to get your dog retuning back... But remember to reward your dog vocally. b. spec. With reference to prayer spoken aloud, esp. as opposed to that expressed in the mind (frequently contrasted with mentally). Cf. vocal adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [adverb] > out loud vocally1606 viva voce1665 out loud1821 1606 I. G. & T. Everard tr. F. Androzzi Certaine Devout Considerations 889 Certaine shorte prayers which after we haue receiued the B. Sacrament, ether vocally or mentally, we may offer vp vnto Almighty God. 1671 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa i. vi. 315 Whence it falls out, that those, who in this manner pray vocally, are very often by God exalted..to Contemplation. 1738 D. Waterland Christian Sacrifice Explained App. 59 In Baptism..we represent and commemorate mentally, vocally, and manually, (in Mind, and by Mouth, and by significant Actions) the Death and Burial of Christ our Lord. 1870 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David I. Ps. xxi. 2 Jesus prayed vocally as well as mentally. 1883 F. T. Russell Use of Voice in Reading & Speaking iii. iv. 156 We certainly do not address God vocally in prayer, as we speak to our fellows in exhortation. 1977 S. Bolshakoff Russ. Mystics iv. 72 A prayer without the attention of heart and mind is nothing, whether it is said vocally or mentally. 2005 Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Nexis) 16 Sept. a6 All Americans are free to pray vocally or silently, or not to pray. 2. With of by means of singing; as regards singing. Also: in or with vocal music. Frequently contrasted with instrumentally. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > [adverb] singingly1575 vocally1653 songfully1839 1653 C. Sydenham Gospel-ordinance conc. Scripture-psalms in Christian, Sober & Plain Exercitation 165* Singing of Psalms, Hymns, and spiritual Songs, vocally with the voice and musically, is an Ordinance of the New Testament, constantly to be practised in the Churches of Christ. 1716 in London Gaz. No. 5487/3 Mr. Purcell's Te Deum will be vocally and instrumentally performed. 1759 W. H. Dilworth Life John Churchill 155 The following anthem, set to music by signor Bononcini, was performed vocally and instrumentally. 1818 Q. Musical Mag. & Rev. 1 406 Figaro is even better represented at Covent Garden, vocally better, scenically infinitely better, and indeed better as a drama. 1872 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David III. Ps. lvii. 8 Vocally and instrumentally will I celebrate thy worship. 1901 Athenæum 27 July 134/3 Madame Suzanne Adams was successful vocally. 1919 Amer. Organist Jan. 184/2 You can understand that the singers were mentally tired, even more than I, but they were vocally fresh. 2004 Opera News June 54/1 Vocally, Mattila proved the most convincing Salome. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [adverb] vocally1871 prevocalically1943 intervocalically1950 postvocalically1957 1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue xxii. 553 Rhyme is but a syllabic resonance, and rests most frequently upon those syllables which are vocally of the lowest consideration. 4. With reference to the utterance or expression of views or opinions: in a loud or vehement manner; vociferously, outspokenly. ΚΠ 1940 Economist 3 Aug. 151/2 Transylvania is vocally against the policy of compromise. 1941 Public Opinion Q. Winter 647/2 The militant Italian in the North End is the one who objects most strongly and vocally to job discrimination against his nationality group. 1971 Jrnl. Interdisciplinary Hist. 2 96 By 1940 there were only 118 papers... Many were vocally anti-Nazi. 1982 N.Y. Times 4 Apr. i. 37/3 Mr. Weiss had been one of the few liberal Democrats affiliated with the New Democratic Coalition to vocally support the Mayor's re-election. 2011 Daily Tel. 22 Mar. 27/1 Victor is a New York cop contending with retirement and a wife, Esther, who's vocally dissatisfied with their relatively impoverished lot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1475 |
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