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单词 wordily
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wordilyadv.

Brit. /ˈwəːdᵻli/, U.S. /ˈwərdəli/
Forms: 1500s wordely, 1600s– wordily.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: wordy adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < wordy adj. + -ly suffix2.
In a wordy manner or style; with an excess or abundance of words; verbosely.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adverb] > verbosely
diffuselya1425
verboselya1425
wordily1522
diffusedly1568
discoursively1610
wordishly1657
diffusively1787
verbose1791
1522 Worlde & Chylde (de Worde) (1909) sig. A.vv The kynge of wrathe full wordely..wyll me mayntayne.
1609 J. Davies Humours Heau'n on Earth ii. lxviii Some wordy-men..raught at Rethorikes Rules to rule thereby:..they rul'd wordily.
1702 E. Calamy Abridgm. Baxter's Life & Times x. 564 This Article of the Controversie hath been manag'd very Wordily.
1837 Church of Eng. Q. Rev. Apr. 322 The point is very wordily discussed to very little purpose.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 32 Sophists and rhetoricians begin to flourish and everything that can be wordily elaborated, is grist for their mill.
1914 H. C. Vedder Reformation in Germany i. iii. 66 It was his duty to silence those who wordily contended about idle and sophistical questions.
1941 R. A. Heinlein Let. 6 Sept. in R. A. Heinlein & V. Heinlein Grumbles from Grave (1990) 13 I have gone on, wordily, because it is important to me that you should understand my motives.
2004 Seattle Times (Nexis) 8 July g3 The Northwest Experimental Aircraft Association Fly-In and Sport Aviation Convention, known less wordily as the Arlington Air Show.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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