Etymology

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Today it means: Solely; only. Full definition →

Scots anerly
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The story

  1. Scots · borrowed fromanerly“singly”
  2. English todayallenarly

From all + Scots anerly (“singly”), from ane (“one”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.