“diminishingly”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

diminishingly

释义

diˈminishingly, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly².]
1. In a diminishing manner or degree; decreasingly.
1827Examiner 262/1 The light..is spread diminishingly over the picture.1873Contemp. Rev. XXI. 449 Most powerful and varied in man, diminishingly so in the lower animals.
†2. Disparagingly, depreciatively. Obs.
1672Mede's Wks., Life 7 Some..were induc'd to speak somewhat diminishingly, and below the worth of his [Mede's] Clavis and Commentary upon the Apocalyps.1707Norris Treat. Humility vi. 289 To lessen and vilify himself, and speak very diminishingly..of his own worth.

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