Rankly

adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a rank manner.

    "Certainly no pages could seem to the censor more rankly blasphemous."

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flagrantly

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"Certainly no pages could seem to the censor more rankly blasphemous."

Etymology

From Middle English rankli, ronkly, from Old English ranclīċe (“showily; boldly”), equivalent to rank + -ly. Cognate with Icelandic rakklega (“boldly; valiantly”).

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