| 单词 | with the best will |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswith the best will (in the world) (c) with the best will (in the world): with the best of intentions, however much one would like things to be so; (also, as a mitigating expression) making every allowance. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] to goodeOE thankc888 yernec888 lieflyc900 lovelyeOE lustly971 willinglyOE wilfullyc1000 with (also mid) heart and hand (also hands)OE fainc1175 lustilya1225 lief1297 yfaȝea1300 blethelyc1300 goodlya1375 blelyc1380 willingc1384 bainc1400 acceptably1479 bainlya1500 cheerfully1523 towardly1523 desirously1531 pronely?1532 fainly1535 wilningly1597 bongre1598 libentiously1606 volently1614 propensely1648 easily1649 with (a) good grace1650 unreluctantly1655 with the best will (in the world)1814 unhesitatingly1829 unqualifyingly1841 unloathly1844 happily1889 1814 F. Shoberl Narr. Events in & near Leipzig Suppl. 93 You may conceive my vexation at being unable, with the best will in the world, to treat our ardently wished-for guests in a suitable manner. 1858 B. Taylor Northern Trav. xxxii. 333 With the best will we found it impossible to eat anything. 1858 B. Taylor Northern Trav. xxxiii. 344 All that the old woman, with the best will in the world, was able to furnish, was milk, butter, [etc.]. 1951 H. W. Tilman China to Chitral x. 120 It is a manly occupation... But with the best will in the world it cannot be made an all-time job. 2004 P. de Rosa Fatal Flaw Christianity iv. 138 Camels, with the best will in the world, smell indescribably at both ends. 2019 @Tuftyduck74 20 May in twitter.com (OED Archive) With the best will in the world, it is just not possible. < as lemmas |
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