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- Middle English · inherited fromdrely
- English todaydreely
From Middle English drely, dreȝly, dreghly, dryȝly, equivalent to dree + -ly. Cognate with Scots dreichly (“steadily, copiously”).
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Today it means: Highly; largely; nobly; earnestly. Full definition →