† atreetatreteadv.
Obsolete.
At one draught, continuously; straight off, distinctly.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > [adverb]
atreet1340
intelligibly1564
discernibly1645
sensible1659
apprehensiblya1682
apprehensively1692
comprehensibly1755
pronouncedly1785
cognizably1855
digestibly1879
understandably1921
the world > action or operation > continuing > [adverb] > in a continuous manner or without stopping
fastlyOE
anonOE
everOE
everylikec1225
continuallyc1305
atreet1340
unceasinglyc1340
perpetuallyc1385
incessably1398
desselya1400
ithandlya1400
dreichlyc1400
restlessc1400
contunely1447
all alongc1450
dessantlyc1460
incessantly1481
still opece1488
uncessantlya1500
continuinglya1513
in ane1513
away1526
incessant1558
restlessly1567
square1570
stintless1598
ceaselessly?1606
residently1609
unrestingly1621
indesinently1651
jugially1654
unintermissively1656
constantly1682
hand to fist1706
forever1753
unintermittingly1784
round the clock1816
continuously1826
unpausingly1831
sustainedly1842
pauselessly1845
remorselessly1845
around the clock1872
play-by-play1889
ball-by-ball1906
non-stop1920
solidly1937
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 50 Þe wombe zayþ, þou sselt et longe and atrayt.
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Neh. viii. 8 Thei redden..distinctli, ether atreet, and opynli to vndurstonde.
1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 17 Atreet [1499 atrete], Tractatim, tractim, distincte.
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