| 单词 |
townly |
| 释义 |
townly, a.|ˈtaʊnlɪ| [f. town + -ly1.] Pertaining to or characteristic of a town; having the manners or habits of town-dwellers; = townish 2.
1749Fielding Tom Jones xii. vii, I suppose she is one of your quality folks, one of your townly ladies that we saw last night in the puppet-show. 1822Galt Sir A. Wylie xxiii, I intend to settle my townly affairs. 1895Pall Mall G. 26 Jan. 3/2 Our country manners have grown townly. Hence ˈtownliness.
1832F. Trollope Dom. Manners Amer. xxxiii. (1839) 321 They throw off..their airs, and their ‘townliness’. |

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