Dernly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 Secretly. obsolete
- 2 Sternly, imposingly. obsolete
"next stroke him should haue slaine, / Had not the Lady, which by him stood bound, / Dernely vnto her called to abstaine […]"
- 3 Sorrowfully; grievously. obsolete
Example
More examples"next stroke him should haue slaine, / Had not the Lady, which by him stood bound, / Dernely vnto her called to abstaine […]"
Etymology
From dern + -ly.
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