单词 | with fairness |
释义 | > as lemmaswith fairness ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > gentle or mild [phrase] > by gentle means with fairnessa1398 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. xii. 731 It is nouȝt semely to ouercome wymmen with swerde and with wodenesse but raþer with fayrenesse and wiþ loue. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 521 To drawen folk to heuene, wt fairnesse By good ensample. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 537 Other with fayrenes othir with fowlnes I shall brynge hym to thys courte. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 331 The king..will prouyde some remedy for us, eyther by fayrenesse or otherwise. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 150 Nathir [were they] evir subduet..be fairnes ather be foulnes. < as lemmas |
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