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† ˈfelonly, adv. Obs.
[f. felon a. + -ly2.]
In a ‘felon’ manner, wickedly; fiercely, bitterly, cruelly, severely, also in weaker sense, grievously.
a1300Cursor M. 12286 (Cott.) Yur sun urs nu feld wit strijf And felunsli him broght o lijf. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 1358 Who so demyþ felunsly..He shal no mercy haue. Ibid. 1441 A man..þat felunlyche dyde euere wrong. c1330― Chron. Wace (Rolls) 3028 Þe felonloker þey hem abated. c1475Rauf Coilȝear 18 Sa feirslie fra the Firmament, sa fellounlie it fure. 1533Bellenden Livy v. (1822) 473 The Gaulis als war fellony [read fellonly] invadit be pestilence. 1581Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. (1887) 166 Ouerflowing number..doth festure fellonly..with most rebellious enterprises. |