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单词 wightly
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wightlyadv.

/ˈwʌɪtli/
Forms: see wight adj.
Etymology: < wight adj. + -ly suffix2.
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.
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