| 单词 |
catachrestically |
| 释义 |
cataˈchrestically, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a catachrestic manner; by improper use of language or terms.
c1600Timon iv. iii. (1842) 67. 1603 Sir C. Heydon Jud. Astrol. xviii. 375 He would catachrestically, or improperly, apply them to the partes of the Zodiacke. 1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. iv. ii. (1852) 49 The churches (as they were catechrestically called). 1864J. H. Newman Apol. 274 And (to speak catachrestically) they are most likely to die in the Church, who are..most prepared to leave it. |

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