thornilyadv.
/ˈθɔːnɪli/ In a thorny manner; so as to be thorny.
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the world > plants > part of plant > thorn or prickle > [adverb] > in a thorny or spiny manner
spinosely1847
spinulosely1857
thornily1886
1886 R. D. Blackmore Springhaven xv, in Harper's Mag. July 268/1 Thornily crested with good stout furze.
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adv.1886- clerk of the nichils
- clerk of the nihils
- clerk of the papers
- clerk of the parliaments
- clerk of the peace
- clerk of the pells
- clerk of the petty bag
- clerk of the pipe
- clerk of the privy seal
- clerk of the register
- clerk of the registry
- clerk of the remembrance
- clerk of the road
- clerk of the rolls
- clerk of the scales
- clerk of the scrow
- clerk of the signet
- clerk of the spicery
- clerk of the stories
- clerk of the supersedeas
- clerk of the victuals
- clerk of the weather
- clerk of the works
- clerk to the schoolboard
- clerk, controller, warden of the hanaper