underlyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From under +‎ -ly.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌndə(ɹ)li/

形容詞

underly (comparative more underly, superlative most underly)

1. (dialectal) Poor; inferior.

副詞

underly (comparative more underly, superlative most underly)

1. (まれに, obsolete) At a lower level.
   • 1672, Nehemiah Grew, The anatomy of vegetables begun:

     The Seed-Branch […] is presently divided into two main Branches, and those two into other less; whereof some underly, others aloft, run along the Coat.

2. (chiefly colloquial) In an inferior or inadequate manner; insufficiently (chiefly in opposition to overly).
   • 2000, William C. Heffernan, ‎John Kleinig, From Social Justice to Criminal Justice, p. 109:

     In this case, we are not in a position—at least from the perspective of the rules themselves and the values that lie behind them—to say that they are overly or underly inclusive.

   • 2014, Jass Richards, Licence to Do That:

     Overly madeup and underly dressed young women were dancing in a cluster on the floor.

   • 2016, Victoria Coren Mitchell, The Observer, 3 July:

     Better to struggle claustrophobically from the grasp of an overly adoring parent than to fall serially in love with emotionally cruel or distant partners, which is what everyone with underly adoring parents always does.

語源 2

Back-formation from underlying.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈlaɪ/

動詞

underly (三人称単数 現在形 underlies, 現在分詞 underlying, 過去形 underlay, 過去分詞 underlain)

1. Nonstandard spelling of underlie.
   • 1967, R. D. Laing, The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise

     I asked him what principles he felt should underly the care provided during such a voyage.

関連する語

• underlied