Sickerly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Certainly. dialectal, obsolete

    "My Lord sickerly, / Quoth he, faine would I your pleasure fulfill."

Example

More examples

"My Lord sickerly, / Quoth he, faine would I your pleasure fulfill."

Etymology

From Middle English sikerly; equivalent to sicker + -ly.

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