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muchly, adv. Now jocular.|ˈmʌtʃlɪ| [f. much a. + -ly2.] Much, exceedingly.
1621MS. Bibl. Reg. 17 B. xv. (Halliwell), The Ladie Cantabrigia..Went gravelie dight to entertaine the dame, They muchlie lov'd, and honor'd in her name. 1647J. Berkenhead Assembly-Man (1662–3) 14 Commonly 'tis larded with fine new words, as Savingable, Muchly, Christ-Jesusness [etc.]. 1881M. E. Braddon Asph. I. 33 Thank you muchly. And now my box? 1882Morris in Mackail Life (1899) II. 70, I took this place muchly for the sake of its water-power. |