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語源

From 中期英語 suant (“following”), from Anglo-Norman suant, from Old French suiant, sivant, present participle of sivre (“to follow”), from Latin sequor.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈsjuː.ənt/

形容詞

suant (comparative more suant, superlative most suant)

1. (obsolete or dialectal, rare) Smooth, or proceeding smoothly.

派生語

• suantly

副詞

suant (comparative more suant, superlative most suant)

1. (obsolete or dialectal, rare) Smoothly; without difficulty.
   • 1867, William Frederick Rock, Jim and Nell: A Dramatic Poem in the Dialect of North Devon, page 11:

     When all sems gwayin' suant, Jist when 'e sem 'e've schuled ther hart,  […]

   • 1899, Sabine Baring-Gould, Book of the West‎, page 252:

     Peter and his wife did not get on very "suant" together.

同意語

• smoothly, well, suantly

関連する語

参考

• pursuant

参照

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Suant”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

アナグラム

• aunts, Nsuta, tsuna, tuans, astun, Antus, tunas, Satun, tansu