Etymology

basely

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Today it means: In a base manner. Full definition →

English base ← Middle English bas ← Old French bas
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The story

  1. Late Latinbassus
  2. Old Frenchbas
  3. Middle Englishbas
  4. Englishbase
  5. English todaybasely

From base + -ly.

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