Brathly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Hastily; violently; fiercely; with fury. UK, dialectal

Etymology

From Middle English brathly, brothly, braithly, equivalent to brath + -ly. Cognate with Icelandic bráðleg (“quickly, soon”).

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