单词 | wholewise |
释义 | wholewiseadv.adj. rare. A. adv. As a whole, completely, all at once. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adverb] yhollichec1315 whollyc1330 halelya1400 integrally1471 halec1480 integrately1485 entirely1491 wholewise1674 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 107 If you ask,..Whether it touches secundum se totum or not? Whether wholewise or piecewise? 1880 S. Lanier Hymns of Marshes i. 147 The..sea-rim sinks..wholewise. 1967 Ethics 78 127/2 The beauty of objects may not attach to them..in quite the same way as goodness attaches, though wholewise, to good things. B. adj. (attributive). Operating or functioning as a whole. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective] > constituting or comprising a whole > as a whole wholewise1937 1937 Mind 46 252 The whole-wise working of the organism is further illustrated by the ‘privileged postures’ which we take up as a convenient background to various performances. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.adj.1674 |
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