| 单词 |
fitly |
| 释义 |
▪ I. ˈfitly, a. rare.
[f. fit a. + -ly1.]
= fit a.
1573Tusser Husb. (1878) 183 Giue childe that is fitly. 1840Browning Sordello vi. 441 'Twere fitliest maintain the Guelfs in rule.
▪ II. fitly, adv.|ˈfɪtlɪ|
[f. fit a. + -ly2.]
1. In a way that is fit; properly, aptly, becomingly, suitably, appropriately.
c1550in Strype Cranmer (1694) App. No. 49. 138 Their heads [standith] most fyttely on London bridge. 15..Turbervile Compl. lost Dove, Epitaphes etc. (1567) 130 b, Eche part so fitly pight as none mought chaunge his place. 1607Shakes. Cor. iv. ii. 34 Cats that can iudge as fitly of his worth, As I can of those Mysteries. 1667Milton P.L. viii. 394 So fitly them in pairs thou hast combin'd. 1732Berkeley Alciphr. i. §2 The mind of man may be fitly compared to a piece of land. a1822Shelley Cyclops 193 Well, is the dinner fitly cooked and laid? 1870Swinburne Ess. & Stud. (1875) 277 Seen fitlier by starlight than by sunlight.
†b. At the fitting time or season. Obs.
1605Shakes. Lear i. ii. 184 From whence I will fitly bring you to heare my Lord speake. 1611Bible Prov. xxv. 11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of siluer. 1623–6Cockeram ii, Fitly, opportunely.
2. Comb., as fitly-contrived, fitly-fair.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. ii. iv. Columnes 375 Our Learned Elders..Heav'n's shining Signes imagin'd fitly-fair. 1677Gilpin Demonol. (1867) 182 A fitly-contrived subject. |
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