Meanings
comparative more semblably · superlative most semblably
- obsoleteIn a similar way; similarly.
Another Country, other Testimonies, equall promises: alike menaces, might semblably imprint a cleane contrary religion in us: we are Christians by the same title, as we are either Perigordins or Germans.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC1 more example
Alway remember, that in wynter fleume increaſeth by reaſon of rayne and moyſtneſſe of that ſeaſon, alſo the length of nyghtes and moche reſte. And therfore in that tyme cholerike perſons, are beſt at eaſe, ſemblably are yonge men, but to olde men wynter is ennemye.
153[9], Thomas Elyot, “Of Tyme”, in The Castel of Helth […], London: […] Thomæ Bertheleti […], →OCLC, book II, folio 39, recto - rareSeemingly, apparently.
Origin
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