单词 | wightly |
释义 | wightlyadv. archaic and dialect. 1. Bravely, boldly, valiantly, ‘stoutly’; strongly, vigorously, forcibly, powerfully, energetically. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] hardlyeOE strongeOE hardOE fastOE starklyOE stalworthlyc1175 starkc1225 mainlyc1300 fellc1330 snellc1330 stout1338 wightlya1340 sadlya1375 sharplyc1380 tough1398 stoutly1399 throa1400 wighta1400 lustilyc1400 sorec1400 vigourslyc1400 stiff1422 vigoriouslya1450 vigorouslya1450 actuallya1470 stourlyc1480 forcely?a1500 lustly1529 fricklyc1540 dingilya1555 livelily?1565 crankly1566 forcibly1578 crank1579 wightily?a1600 proudly1600 energetically1609 stiffly1623 ding-dong1628 greenly1633 hard and fast1646 slashingly1659 thwackingly1660 warmlya1684 robustly1709 sonsily1729 forcefullya1774 vim1843 zippily1924 vibrantly1926 punchily1934 zingily1951 the mind > emotion > courage > valour > valour or stoutness > [adverb] orpedlyOE stalworthlyc1175 stout1338 wightlya1340 doughtilya1375 stalworthilya1387 stoutlya1400 stalwartly1489 torelyc1540 stoutfullya1578 wightily?a1600 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter vi. 10 Thai ga noght whidere thai thoght: and shame thaim ful wightly. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7642 Wit þat vnled son dauid mete, And wightli wan o þam his dete. a1400–50 Wars Alex. 1405 Þai within on þe wall wightly withstondyn. a1450 Le Morte Arth. 2822 Wightly hys swerd A-bowte he wavyd. a1450 Ratis Raving etc. 2 How wychtly þai sustenyt al tormentis..done to thaim. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xi. Prol. 64 To stand wichtly, and fecht in the forfront. a1801 R. Gall Poems & Songs (1819) 49 You..wightly wag the skelping whang. a1813 in W. S. Crockett Minstrelsy (1893) 101 Wightly can he wield a rung. 2. Actively, briskly, nimbly, with agility or alacrity; swiftly, rapidly; quickly, without delay. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > bodily movement > [adverb] > agilely or nimbly lighteOE lightly?a1200 wightlyc1330 deliverlya1375 swipperly?a1400 wakerly?a1400 wighta1400 yaplya1400 featlyc1400 nimblyc1450 lightsomely1561 nimble1568 wimbly1594 yarelya1616 yare1622 featilya1640 agilely1663 cleverly1686 spry1855 lissomely1902 spryly1905 cattishly1913 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adverb] > swiftly and briskly sharplya1000 smartc1300 smartlyc1300 spackc1330 wightlyc1330 spacklya1350 swipperly?a1400 wighta1400 nimblyc1450 quiverly1519 roundly1548 nimble1568 bragly1579 snap1583 yarelya1616 briskly1665 smartish1839 nippily1932 snappingly1976 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10131 Lyghtly to go, wightly to fle, Þey leften al, & fledde to þe se. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 688 He made non abode, Bot wyȝtly went hys way. c1425 Cast. Persev. 3226 in Macro Plays 173 Now go we hens wytly to þe Trinite. ?1565 Smyth that forged New Dame sig. A.iiiv Croked I was truely Now may I walke wyghtly. 1578 M. Jennings tr. E. de Maisonneufve Gerileon of Englande i. f. 8 The good king Floridamant..wightly forsaking the Saddle, set foote on ground. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. 5 Day, that was, is wightly past. c1650 Sir Cawline (Percy) l. 49 in J. W. Hales & F. J. Furnivall Bp. Percy's Folio MS (1868) III. 5 But rise vp wightlye, man, for shame! Neuer lye soe cowardlye here. 1757 W. Thompson Nativity in Poems i Wightly his Senses all were rapt into a Dream. 1884 D. Grant Lays & Legends of North 75 Wichtly Dobbin reached the Kirkton. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1330 |
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