| 释义 |
blithely, adv.|ˈblaɪðlɪ|
Forms: 1 blíðelíce, 2 blyðelice, 2–3 bluþeliche, bliðeliche, 3 bliðe-like, blithlik, -li, 3–4 blythly, blitheliche, 4 bly-, bliþely, 4–5 blithly, 6 Sc. blyithlye, -lyke, 6–8 blythely, 6– blithely.
[f. blithe a. + -ly2.]
†1. With kindness, benignantly. Obs.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Luke xix. 6 Ða efste he and hine bliþelice onfengc. c1400Destr. Troy xxii. 9109 There the body of the bold blithly was set, Of honerable Ector, as I ere said. 1592Greene Poems 137 Astraea..'Gan blythely comfort me.
2. In a blithe manner; joyfully, joyously, merrily; gladly.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 23 Þu gast to chirche bluþeliche. c1230Hali Meid. 3 Þat..heo him ase fader þe bliðeluker lustni. a1300Cursor M. 3243 Blithli, sir, it sal be don. 1375Barbour Bruce viii. 457 He vald ysche fer the blithlyer. 1513Douglas æneis iii. iii. 40 Tell thi awne fadir blythlie Thir tithingis. 1791Burns Craigieburn Wood i, And blythely awaukens the morrow. 1794Southey Lyric P., To Hymen, Returning blithely home. 1820Scott Monast. x, I listened blithely enough.
3. Heedlessly, carelessly; taking no account of the consequences. Freq. used to intensify following adj. with negative connotation.
1921E. O'Neill Diff'rent ii., in Emperor Jones 265 His eyes cannot conceal..a wounded look of bewildered hurt. Emma. (Blithely indifferent to this—pleasantly.) 1978Economist 22 July 26/1 Mr Carter himself often seems blithely unconcerned with his political ‘image’. 1986N.Y. Times 18 Aug. a17/1 Andrew Wyeth is an anachronism insofar as he is blithely unconcerned with any of these things. |
单词 blete 释义 ▪ I. † blete, a. Obs.In 1 blat, 3 blete.[Com. Teut.: OE. blat ? miserabl......