† thronglyadv.
Obsolete.
Densely, thickly; busily; in crowds.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [adverb] > in crowds or companies
flock-mealc893
flockingly14..
flockly1552
throngingly1598
troopmeal1600
throngly1653
troopwise1820
a-swarm1830
flock-wise1837
shoal-wise1883
mob-handed1970
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [adverb] > densely
sarralyc1330
throng?a1425
sarray1487
closely1569
throngly1653
densely1832
1653 H. More Conjectura Cabbalistica 37 The world of Life, which is every where nigh at hand, and does very throngly inequitate the moist and unctuous air.
1683 R. Coore Pract. Expositor Difficult Texts Holy Bible 197 The people crowd in so throngly, and so violently, that he is trodden to death.
1765 W. Stevenson Orig. Poems I. 55 A partial boat almost her own, More throngly occupied than when alone.
1792 A. M. Falconbridge Let. 1 July in Narr. Two Voy. Sierra Leone (1794) 109 It is a small Island, but a wonderful productive healthful spot, throngly habited by clean, tidy, sociable, and obliging people.
1833 I. A. Merryweather Hermit Eskdaleside 34 From those vile haunts, too throngly crowded.
1846 Gardeners' Gaz. 21 Feb. 113/1 This fair was throngly attended by parties anxious to purchase.
1885 B. Brierley Ab-o'th'-Yate in Yankeeland vii. 60 There'd be no chance o' stretchin out, even if a mon had boath seeats to hissel; an' that he couldno' have, as we'rn very throngly packed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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