Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Highly; largely; nobly; earnestly.
- Slowly; tediously.
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- adverb
Highly ;largely ;nobly ;earnestly . - adverb
Slowly ;tediously .
Etymologies
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From Middle English drely, dreȝly, dreghly, dryȝly, equivalent to dree + -ly. Cognate with Scots dreichlie ("steadily, copiously").
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