† a-swashadv.
Obsolete.
1. Slantingly, obliquely, crosswise, aslant.
ΘΠ
the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adverb]
sidelonga1398
aslanta1400
aslopec1400
embelifc1400
a-sloutc1440
sleetc1440
slant1495
obliquely1503
shoringc1503
a-swash1530
biaswise1545
biasways1556
slantingly1570
sideways1572
slantwise1573
avelinges1577
bias?1578
askant1602
slopely1605
slantinga1625
oblique1667
bias-way1702
skew1706
slantly1719
inclinably1760
slantways1828
slantindicular1831
slantindicularly1834
skewly1896
slaunchways1933
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 831 A sosshe as one weareth his bonnet, a gyngoys.
1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 277 You must cut it off..aslope, and (as they say) a swashe.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Worne aswash, or skarfewise.
2. With scorn, contemptuously. Cf. askance adv. 1b.
ΘΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adverb] > contemptuously
lightlyOE
scornlichec1300
despitouslyc1320
hokerfullyc1330
scornfullyc1380
despisantly1389
deignouslyc1440
scorninglyc1440
contemningly1471
a-scornc1485
disdaininglyc1485
despiteouslya1500
disdainouslya1513
disdainishly?1529
a-swash1530
contemptuously1530
disdainfullya1533
despitefully1535
disdainedly1535
contemptibly1577
snuffingly1577
floutingly1580
despisingly1591
slightly1601
indignantly1602
contemptedly1605
overly1610
slightfully1627
despicably1637
slightingly1654
contemnibly1702
sneeringly1711
slightily1740
snottily1864
sniffingly1873
sufficiently1893
sniffily1902
pooh-poohingly1903
dismissively1922
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 614 Se how she loketh ashosshe, or aswasshe, is she nat a prowde dame.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues De guingois..huffingly, swaggeringly, aswash.
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