† disertlyadv.
Obsolete.
Ably, clearly, eloquently, in plain terms.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adverb] > eloquently or pleasingly
renablyc1330
disertly1447
articulately1531
ore rotundo1720
mellifluously1768
soapily1976
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 188 By many an argumente She þer dyserthly shewyd hyr entente.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1306 Heraclitus directly and disertly nameth warre, the Father, King, and Lord of all the world.
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis i. 13 They speak a language disertly, briefly, and properly accented.
1798 European Mag. in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1799) 2 322 What hath been already so disertly and irrefragably urged by that learned man.
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- hydrophytes
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