† wretchlyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Wretched, miserable.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [adjective]
armlyeOE
un-i-selieOE
unledeeOE
unseelyOE
armOE
wretcha1122
unselea1200
wretcheda1200
wretchlyc1200
misease?c1225
wanlichec1275
miseasyc1300
wansomea1325
simplec1330
wretchfula1382
wretchedful1382
caitiff1393
loddera1400
desolate14..
disconsolatea1425
meschant?1473
miserousc1475
miser1542
unvisited1548
tribulate1575
happiless1582
uncomforted1583
blisslessa1586
uncomfortless1598
miserablea1616
thrallfula1618
calamitous1668
tribulated1682
donsie?1719
unsolaced1796
mis1939
the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > miserable or wretched > full of or attended with misery
wretch1131
wretchlyc1200
woefula1393
miserousc1475
miserable?a1513
miser1542
woe1572
thrallfula1618
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 33 Adam..ferde ut fram þe fulle edinesse of paradis in to þesse wrecheliche hateringe of þisse worelde.
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† wretchlyadv.
Obsolete.
In a wretched or distressing manner; miserably.
ΘΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [adverb]
armlyeOE
un-i-sellyOE
wretchlikec1175
wretchlyc1175
unsellyc1275
wretchedlyc1340
woefullya1393
caitifly1393
miserably?a1425
lodderlyc1425
mischievously?a1439
sorrily1496
comfortlessly1852
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3326 & tohh þatt godd wass..wundenn þær swa wreccheliȝ. Wiþþ clutess inn an cribbe.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 15251 Þa wes he wræccheliche of-lust after deores flæsce.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6035 Ne miðte hit na mon telle. þat weoren æi wimman swa wræcchelichen [c1300 Otho reuliche] atoȝene.
1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 88 I wrouthe wrecheli now & wraþede drihten.
13.. Chron. R. Glouc. (Hearne) 9157 Ac [þe] kyng..nom hym vaste, And in prison hym huld, & wrecchelyche he deyde atte laste.
c1480 (a1400) Seven Sleepers 161 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 430 Sa þat þai suld..for hungyre de wrechly.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > misery > [adverb]
armlyeOE
un-i-sellyOE
wretchlikec1175
wretchlyc1175
unsellyc1275
wretchedlyc1340
woefullya1393
caitifly1393
miserably?a1425
lodderlyc1425
mischievously?a1439
sorrily1496
comfortlessly1852
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3708 To libbenn her onn eorþe. Full wrecchelike inn uselldom Off metess. & off claþess.
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