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▪ I. † ˈporterly, a.1 Obs. rare—1.
[f. porter n.1 + ly1.]
Proper to a porter or door-keeper.
1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 397 b, Wherein he promised full remission..in the fullnesse of his Porterly power [= power of the keys].
▪ II. † ˈporterly, a.2 and adv. Obs.
[f. porter n.2]
A. adj. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a porter (porter n.2); hence, Rude, vulgar, low.
1603Florio Montaigne (1634) 140 Off the stage,..they are base rascals, vagabond abjects, and porterly hirelings. 1673Kirkman Unlucky Citizen 108 That Porterly Game of Nine-pins. 1709Brit. Apollo II. No. 48. 2/2 Silly and Porterly Reflections on you. 1765Wesley Jrnl. 4 Sept., His language was as..foul, and porterly, as ever was heard at Billingsgate.
B. adv. In a ‘porterly’ manner; vulgarly.
1659Torriano, Facchinésco, basely, or porterly. 1663Dryden Wild Gallant i. i, I was porterly drunk, and that I hate of all things in nature. |