| 单词 |
rustically |
| 释义 |
rustically, adv.|ˈrʌstɪkəlɪ|
[f. rustical a.]
1. In a rude or uncultured style (of speech or diction).
a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VII, 48 b, The Scottes..aunswered theim proudly & rustically with many disdeinfull woordes. 1583Fulke Def. Tr. Script. i. 46 You haue no skill.., that speake so barbarously and rustically of Greeke elegancies. 1634in 4th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. 135/2 Dr. Osberne..did very licentiously and rustically reproache me in very base and opprobrious termes. a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. iv. 74 Lest they should speak too rudely and rustically of it by calling it matter. 1828Blackw. Mag. XXIV. 904 The pulpit style has been always either rustically negligent, or bristling with pedantry.
b. In a country dialect; dialectally. rare.
1611Cotgr., Mortau, as Mortel (rustically).
2. After the manner of country-folk or peasants; in a countrified condition or fashion.
1579J. Jones Preserv. Bodie & Soul i. xxvi. 50 That the infant be neyther too delicately brought vp, nor too rustically. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. i. i. 7 For my part, he keepes me rustically at home, or (to speak more properly) staies me heere at home vnkept. 1693Dryden Persius (1697) 412 Returning home, And Rustically Joy'd, as Chief of Rome. 1826Scott Woodst. ii, I am but a rude man, and rustically brought up to arms and hunting. 1883Stevenson Silverado Squatters 2 Life in its shadow goes rustically forward. Ibid. 129 Rustically ignorant, but with a touch of wood-lore. |
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