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† ˈgreatumly, adv. Sc. Obs.
Forms: 4–6 gretumly, 4 grettum-, 6 greattum-, greitum-, gritum-, grittum-, grytum-, 7 greatumlie, -ly.
[app. f. ME. *grētum (advb. formation on great, after OE. miclum greatly, orig. dat. pl. of micel mickle) + -ly2. Cf. Sc. hailumlie wholly.]
= greatly 1 a. Chiefly used with vbs. expressing emotion.
1375Barbour Bruce iii. 668 Full gretumly thankyt him the king. Ibid. ix. 619 Thai that saw thame so stoutly Cum on thame, dred thame gretumly. Ibid. xii. 364 Quha sa varrayis vrangwisly, Thai faynd god all too gretumly. c1375Sc. Leg. Saints, Thomas 196 Þat blith ves grettumly of his cumynge. 1513Douglas æneis ix. i. 56 Full gretumly the goddis..Besekand till attend to hys prayer. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 498 How King Constantyne was grittumelie commouit of the Tynsall of his Lordis. 1567Gude & Godlie Ball. (S.T.S.) 143 My spreit rejoysis gretumlie. 1568G. Skeyne The Pest (1860) 31 The oile of Scorpionis..supportis greitumlie. 1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 109 S. Cyprian in this respect commends grytumlie S. Cornelius Pap and Martyr. 1637–50Row Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) 9 Whilk speeches made the people glade, and confirmed the Master of the schoole..and all these that had any knowledge of the trueth greatumlie. |