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单词 meschantly
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meschantlyadv.

Brit. /ˈmɛʃəntli/, /ˈmɪʃəntli/, U.S. /ˈmɛʃən(t)li/, Scottish English /ˈmɪʃən(t)lɪ/
Forms: late Middle English myschauntly; Scottish pre-1700 meschantlie, pre-1700 mischantly, pre-1700 mischeantlie, pre-1700 mischentlie, pre-1700 mischortlie (transmission error), pre-1700 mishantlie, pre-1700 mishentlie, pre-1700 myschantly, pre-1700 1800s mischantlie, 1900s– meshantlie.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: meschant adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < meschant adj. + -ly suffix2.
Now Scottish and rare.
Wickedly.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adverb]
noughtlyeOE
wrothec888
unrighteouslyeOE
foullyOE
naughtlyOE
wrothlyc1200
litherlya1225
unwraste?c1225
illc1275
vilelyc1290
shrewdly13..
felonly1303
unwrastlyc1320
viciouslya1325
diverselyc1325
wickly1338
lewdlyc1384
badlyc1405
foula1425
mischievouslyc1426
felonously1436
felonmentc1470
wickedfullyc1480
villainously1484
meschantlya1492
sinisterly1491
noughtily1528
naughtily?1529
perniciously1533
illy1549
naught1549
bad1575
evilly1581
nefariously1599
scelerately1632
improbously1657
piggishly1756
iniquitously1796
pervertedly1804
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adverb]
wrothec888
litherlyc1050
foulOE
sinfullyc1175
quedelya1250
amissc1275
shrewdly13..
felonly1303
wickedly1303
wickc1330
wickly1338
lewdlyc1384
wickeda1400
mischievouslyc1426
felonously1436
felonmentc1470
wickedfullyc1480
villainously1484
meschantlya1492
sinisterly1491
naughtily?1529
perniciously1533
naughtly1575
unsela1583
nefariously1599
scelerately1632
improbously1657
queerly1699
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) ii. f. cclvi/2 The tyme that he had lost & wasted in lyuyng myschauntly.
1573 J. Davidson Breif Commendatioun Vprichtnes xl. 205 Upricht men ar murtherit mischantlie.
1600 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1881) 1st Ser. VI. 97 Maist crewellie, barbarouslie and mischeantlie.
1830 R. Broun Memorabilia Curliana Mabenensia 88 I'm right mischantlie dealt wi'.
1913 H. P. Cameron tr. Thomas à Kempis Of Imitation of Christ iii. xxvi. 127 Carnal consolement..meshantlie weises me tae the sel o't be pittin' afore me some delichtsome guid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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