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ˈprostrately, adv. rare. [f. prostrate a. + -ly2.] In a prostrate manner or position.
1556J. Heywood Spider & F. lxxxviii. 189 The hour is cum: wherin the flie must die, For which he weilth, at spiders foote prostratlie. 1632Sir T. Hawkins tr. Mathieu's Unhappy Prosperitie 183 Those..who prostrately bowed their knees to adore him, now jested at him. |