| 单词 |
uncouthly |
| 释义 |
▪ I. unˈcouthly, a.
[f. uncouth a.]
Awkward.
1821Clare Vill. Minstr. I. 19 A more uncouthly lout was hardly seen Beneath the shroud of ignorance than he.
▪ II. unˈcouthly, adv.
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In a strange, unfamiliar, or uncouth manner.
c900Laws K. ælfred c. 47 (Liebermann), Þam elðeodeᵹan & utancumenan ne læt ðu no uncuðlice wið hine. c1200Ormin 14341 Þatt he spacc till hiss moderr þær Þuss unncuþliȝ wiþþ worde. a1300Cursor M. 4818 Cuth þai wit him na kything tak, And vncuthli to þam he spak. a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 584 She hadde no thought..but if it were oonly To graythe hir wel and vncouthly. 1423Jas. I Kingis Q. ix, Is non estate nor age Ensured, more the prince nor than the page: So vncouthly hir werdes sche deuidith. c1440Promp. Parv. 511/1 Vncowthly, extranee. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) II. 396 Out throw the horne ilkone that tyme tha spak Richt vncouthlie, and with sic awfull sound. 1703Rowe Fair Penit. v. i. H iij, What Charnel has been rifl'd for these Bones? Fye! this is Pageantry; they look uncouthly. 1777Sheridan Sch. Scand., Portrait 50 She,..Not stiff with prudence, nor uncouthly wild. 1784Cowper Task iv. 276 The shadow..Dancing uncouthly to the quiv'ring flame. 1834J. Foster Ess. Evils Pop. Ignorance 246 These are still further and most uncouthly confounded by the admixture of the ancient heathen notion of fate. 1881Fowler Bacon 160 What are, somewhat uncouthly, called the Idealists, the Materialists, and the Dualists. |
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