Inferiourly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of inferiorly. alt-of, obsolete

    "It is alſo the very ſame that Prorex is in Latin , to wit, a Vice‐roy: that is,he that in the Kings abſence ſupplyeth his place,and beareth his perſon, as in England the Lord high‐Steward is woont to doe : and more inferiourly it is a deputy or officer under ſome noble man, &c."

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"It is alſo the very ſame that Prorex is in Latin , to wit, a Vice‐roy: that is,he that in the Kings abſence ſupplyeth his place,and beareth his perſon, as in England the Lord high‐Steward is woont to doe : and more inferiourly it is a deputy or officer under ſome noble man, &c."

Etymology

From inferiour + -ly.

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