Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of old; in the olden time.
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- adverb rare In an
old manner.
Etymologies
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old + -ly
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Examples
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He raised his forefinger and beat the air oldly before his voice spoke. —
Ulysses 2003
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Or maybe he was insane, and indulging his fantasies in the c oldly logical fashion of the completely crackers.
The Last Starfighter Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- Last starfighter 1984
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He raised his forefinger and beat the air oldly before his voice spoke.
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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Can it be a crime t) oldly and publicly to announce, as the occafion may require, that which an, ordinary individual would tremble to think of; and to prefer noble freedom to a degrading flavery?
Solitude Considered with Respect to Its Influence Upon the Mind and the Heart 1795
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