† ferlilyadv.
Obsolete.
Wonderfully, extraordinarily.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [adverb] > with a degree of strangeness
selcouthlyc1175
ferlyc1230
selcoutha1300
disguisilyc1325
ferlifula1400
ferlilya1400
sellylyc1400
miraculouslya1425
ferlifullyc1425
strangelya1450
strangefully1664
portentously1755
miraculous1781
like magic1783
phenomenally1878
out of this world1941
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11424 Þe stern went forth-wit þat þam ledd, And ferlilic þan war þai fedd.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 962 For when þat þe helle herde þe houndez of heuen He watz ferlyly fayn.
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