lentlyadv.
A transcription error in N.E.D. for silently in the following quot.:
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the world > movement > rate of motion > slowness > [adverb]
slowlyc1384
slowa1398
tortoise-like1645
lently1655
snail-like1825
loiteringly1836
dreichly1844
oozily1871
leadenly1879
snailishly1889
glacially1975
1655 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa II. i. v. 81 He..therefore past silently the River Vulturnus.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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