adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb

1. 1
   Highly; largely; nobly; earnestly.
2. 2
   Slowly; tediously.

Etymology

From Middle English drely, dreȝly, dreghly, dryȝly, equivalent to dree + -ly. Cognate with Scots dreichly (“steadily, copiously”).

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