needlyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːd.li/

副詞

needly (comparative needlier または more needly, superlative needliest または most needly)

1. (archaic) Zealously; carefully; earnestly.

語源 2

From Middle English needely, nedelich, from 古期英語 *nīedlīċe (“necessarily”), from nīedlīc (“necessary”); equivalent to need (“necessity, need”) +‎ -ly. Merged with Etymology 1 above. Cognate with Middle Dutch nodelike, Middle Low German nōtliken, Middle High German nōtliche.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːd.li/

副詞

needly (comparative needlier または more needly, superlative needliest または most needly)

1. (archaic) Necessarily; of necessity.
   • c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act 3, scene 2]:

     Or if sower woe delights in fellowship,
     And needly will be rankt with other griefes

2. (archaic) Urgently.

語源 3

From needle +‎ -y.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈniː.dəl.i/, /ˈniːd.li/

形容詞

needly (comparative needlier または more needly, superlative needliest または most needly)

1. (informal) Like a needle or needles.

   a needly horn

   • 1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter 23, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, または III), London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], OCLC 847456482:

     needly beard