† asperlyadv.
Obsolete.
Roughly, harshly; fiercely, bitterly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > savagery > [adverb]
grimc893
sternlyc897
bremeOE
bitterlyc1000
etelichec1175
heterlya1225
felonly1303
asperlyc1314
fellc1330
fellyc1330
cruentlyc1380
beastlyc1390
unmanlyc1454
felonmentc1470
cruelly1487
inhumanly1490
unkindfully?1534
boarishlya1563
savagely1563
tiger-like1576
unhumanly1586
inhumanlike1595
inhumanely1598
immanely1612
savagiously1625
wolvishly1628
beastlilya1631
brutisha1645
truculently1654
tigerously1698
brutally1749
tigerishly1878
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [adverb]
grimc893
grimly971
bremeOE
reighlyOE
witherc1200
felonly1303
asperlyc1314
fellc1330
fellyc1330
fiercelya1375
sturdilyc1374
wickedlya1375
sternly1398
runishlyc1400
witherlyc1400
felonmentc1470
cruelly1487
blusterously1548
boarishlya1563
tiger-like1576
sternfully1582
mankindly1606
wolvishly1628
truculently1654
tigerously1698
tigerishly1878
society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [adverb] > heavily or bitterly
asperlyc1314
c1314 Guy Warw. 84 Ther he defended him asperliche.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 373 Heter hayreȝ..þat asperly bited.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xv. 57 Tormented ryght asperly with..grete heyle stones.
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. v. sig. Ziijv Warred most asprely againe the Romanes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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