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- Old English · inherited fromġearlīċe
- Middle English · inherited fromȝarly
- English todayyarely
From Middle English ȝarly, ȝarely, from Old English ġearlīċe, ġearolīċe; equivalent to yare + -ly.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: In a yare way. Full definition →