† serelyadv.
Obsolete.
Particularly, separately.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > [adverb] > individually (not collectively)
sunderlyeOE
sundryOE
sundrilyOE
sunderlepesOE
serelepesc1175
serelya1375
severinglya1390
sunderlingc1390
properlya1393
serea1400
severally1399
departinglya1425
diviselyc1449
severately1470
sunderwisea1550
separately1552
disjunctively1590
semovedly1593
distributively1597
particular1599
dividedly1607
dividually1631
separatively1789
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adverb]
hurec893
sunderlyeOE
highlyOE
namelya1200
sunderlepesa1200
sunderlepea1225
specialc1230
specially1340
specially1340
serelya1375
principallyc1390
especially?a1400
rathestc1400
singularlyc1430
selfly1503
singular1530
enspecial1534
inespecially1557
nearly1560
peculiarly1561
inespecial1569
especial1591
speciouslya1616
nominately1641
chief1645
perpendicularly1658
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2149 Þei souȝt alle so serliche þurh cites & smale townes,..in wodes & alle weies þat was þer a-boute.
c1375 Lay-Folks Mass-bk. B. 465 For hore soules, I pray derly, þate I shall neuen serly.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 193 Sone haf þay her sortes sette & serelych deled.
c1440 York Myst. xliv. 24 It nedis we vs avise, Þat we saye noȝt serely.
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