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单词 undistantly
释义

undistantly

English

Adverb

undistantly (not comparable)

  1. To a degree that is not distant; closely.
    • 1915, Richard Dehan, The Man of Iron (page 191)
      They were very big hands, and as Mr. Knewbit held them up side by side, with the palms toward his young shaver, they not undistantly resembled a pair of decent-sized flatfish.
    • 1967, The Little Review (volume 1, page 43)
      A man not undistantly related to me by marriage confessed the other day that he was fondest of stories telling of castaways on desert islands.

Usage notes

  • As shown in the citations, where "not undistantly" appears to mean "closely; not distantly", this word may be confused with "not unlike" or similar phrases.
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