shrewlyadv.
/ˈʃruːli/ = shrewdly adv. (for which, in some instances, it may be a misprint).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adverb]
heavilyc897
sharplyc900
hardeOE
sharpc1000
sorec1000
hardlyOE
etelichec1175
sorelyc1275
straita1300
sourc1300
grievously1303
drearilya1400
foullya1400
felly?c1400
snapelyc1420
durely1477
penallya1500
shrewlya1529
shrewdlyc1533
asperously1547
heinouslya1555
sensibly1613
instantly1638
shrowardly1664
severelya1682
atrociously1765
punishingly1839
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb]
stronglyeOE
felec950
strongeOE
highlyOE
highOE
greatlya1200
stourlya1225
greata1325
dreec1330
deeplya1400
mightya1400
dreichlyc1400
mighty?a1425
sorec1440
mainlyc1450
greatumly1456
madc1487
profoundly1489
stronglya1492
muchwhata1513
shrewlya1529
heapa1547
vengeance?1548
sorely1562
smartlyc1580
mightly1582
mightily1587
violently1601
intensively1604
almightily1612
violent1629
seriously1643
intensely1646
importunately1660
shrewdly1664
gey1686
sadly1738
plenty1775
vitally1787
substantively1795
badly1813
far1814
heavily1819
serious1825
measurably1834
dearly1843
bally1939
majorly1955
sizzlingly1956
majorly1978
fecking1983
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adverb] > with vigour or intensity of operation or effect
swithlyc888
mightilyeOE
strongeOE
fastlyOE
stronglyOE
smartlyc1225
smartc1300
mightlya1393
freshlyc1425
almightily1609
feckfullya1614
shrewly1707
vivaciouslya1711
keenly1837
drivingly1842
drastically1850
incisively1871
a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 22 Ryn God, rynne Devyll! yet the date of ower Lord And the date of the Devyll dothe shrewlye accord.
a1652 R. Brome Queenes Exchange (1657) ii. i Your Lady wants The furious sharpnesse of the nose, which here My Queen has very shrewly.
1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin iii. iii. 83 One is shrewly out, but neither was Pope: therefore both fallible.
1707 R. North Let. 13 Jan. in Lives of Norths (1890) III. App. 256 I am both inclined and shrewly solicited, which is a civil word for commanded, by one of no small authority here [viz. his wife].
1858 Times 30 Mar. 6/1 The north wind which whistles shrewly at night.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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