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1 proverbially
[prə'vɜːbɪəlɪ]нареч.1) по пословицеHis ancestors, though originally English, were among those early colonists who were proverbially said to have become more Irish than Irishmen. — Его предки, хоть и были по происхождению англичанами, относились к тем ранним колонистам, которые, как говорится в пословице, стали большими ирландцами, чем сами ирландцы.
2) общеизвестно, став притчей во языцехThe name of Benedict Arnold has become proverbially contemptible. — Имя Бенедикта Арнольда стало воплощением низости.
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2 proverbially
[prəʹvɜ:bıəlı] adv1. провербиально, по пословице2. общеизвестноhe is proverbially stupid - его глупость просто невероятна /вошла в поговорку, стала притчей во языцех/
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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > proverbially
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5 proverbially
[prə'vɜːbɪəlɪ]1) Общая лексика: общеизвестно, по пословице, провербиально2) Фразеологизм: как говорится -
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по пословицеобщеизвестно, став притчей во языцехАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > proverbially
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9 he is proverbially stupid
1) Общая лексика: его глупость просто невероятнаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > he is proverbially stupid
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10 theirs
[ðeəz]Общая лексика: их (this book is theirs - это их книга), принадлежащий им, свой, у них, их близкие (родственники) (... but poets proverbially starved—unless they or theirs had independent incomes... http://www.jacklondons.net/annastrunskymemoirs.html)
См. также в других словарях:
Proverbially — Pro*ver bi*al*ly, adv. In a proverbial manner; by way of proverb; hence, commonly; universally; as, it is proverbially said; the bee is proverbially busy. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
proverbially — proverbial ► ADJECTIVE 1) referred to in a proverb or idiom. 2) well known, especially so as to be stereotypical. DERIVATIVES proverbially adverb … English terms dictionary
proverbially — adverb in the manner of something that has become a byword this proverbially bitter plant, wormwood • Derived from adjective: ↑proverbial … Useful english dictionary
proverbially — adverb see proverbial … New Collegiate Dictionary
proverbially — See proverbial. * * * … Universalium
proverbially — adverb a) In a manner that uses proverbs. b) In a manner reminiscent of proverb. See Also: proverb, proverbial … Wiktionary
proverbially — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. as the saying is, as they say, as the story goes, aphoristically, axiomatically, epigrammatically, platitudinously, traditionally; see also customarily … English dictionary for students
proverbially — adv. through an adage, through a parable, by using a proverb … English contemporary dictionary
proverbially — pro·ver·bi·al·ly … English syllables
proverbially — See: proverbial … English dictionary
proverbial — proverbially, adv. /preuh verr bee euhl/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity. 2. expressed in a proverb or proverbs: proverbial wisdom. 3. of the nature of or resembling a proverb: proverbial sayings. 4 … Universalium