† enormlyadv.
/ɪˈnɔːmli/ Obsolete. rare.
Enormously, monstrously. Also in Scots Law (cf. enorm lesion at enorm adj. 3b).
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adverb]
foullyOE
ranklyOE
awly?c1225
wickc1330
deeplyc1384
cursedlyc1386
outrageouslya1387
wickeda1400
outragelya1425
heinouslyc1440
enormly1538
arrantly?1548
enormouslya1617
flagitiously1622
enormiouslya1641
flagrantly1756
atrociously1765
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adverb] > heinously
foullyOE
deeplyc1384
outrageouslya1387
outragelya1425
heinouslyc1440
rankly?1534
enormly1538
enormouslya1617
flagitiously1622
enormiouslya1641
atrociously1765
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > hugely or immensely
hugelyc1380
huge1508
enormly1538
monstruously?1548
massively1550
monstrously1602
a worlda1616
hugeouslya1643
immensely1654
vastly1664
swingingly1668
hugeous1673
gigantically1678
vast1688
swingeing1690
thumpingly1693
enormously1695
pancratically1727
immense1754
colossally1809
whooping1866
monumentally1877
pyramidically1886
pyramidally1891
galactically1968
1538 Prymer Salisb. Use in W. Maskell Monumenta Ritualia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1846) II. 273 How enormely thou hast synned.
1540 Acts Jas. V (1597) §70 And therethrow we ar greatumlie and enormelie hurte.
a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 379 Inormlie grievit and hurt.
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