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▪ I. grimly, a. Obs. or arch.|ˈgrɪmlɪ|
Also 5 superl. grimlokkest.
[OE. grimlic (= MDu. grimmelijc, MHG. grimmelich, ON. grimmligr); see grim a. and -ly1.]
Grim-looking; grim in appearance or nature.
Beowulf (Z.) 3041 Wæs se leᵹ-draca, grimlic gryre, gledum be-swæled. c893K. ælfred Oros. i. ii. §2 Ða ᵹewin wæron grimlicran þonne hy nu syn. c1000ælfric Hom. I. 454 Ðone grimlican garsecg. c1205Lay. 8176 Euielin þene brond igrap mid grimliche lechen. c1275Moral Ode 141 in O.E. Misc. 63 Swiþe grimlych stench þer is. a1310in Wright Lyric P. 111 The love of him us haveth ymaked sounde, Ant ycast the grimly gost to grounde. c1380Sir Ferumb. 1876 Ys berd was long, & al whyt hor; a was [a] grymly freke. a1400Octouian 1742 Doun he fyll deed to grounde, Gronynge fast with grymly wounde. c1400Sowdone Bab. 144 Ther londed many a grymlye gome. 1470–85Malory Arthur viii. i, She had many grymly throwes. 1611Beaum. & Fl. Knt. Burn. Pestle ii. v, In came Margaret's grimly ghost, And stood at William's feet. a1650Sir Aldingar 73 in Furniv. Percy Folio I. 169, I dreamed the grype & a grimlie beast had carryed my crowne away. 1766G. Canning Anti-Lucretius i. 68 Canst thou, undaunted, meet the grimly king? 1783Johnson Let. to Mrs. Thrale 20 Aug., I told her it was Johnson's grimly ghost. 1810Bentham Packing (1821) 108 Behold! at the bed's feet a grimly spectre. 1863Baring-Gould Iceland xxi. 361 Hard by this a grimly abyss.
Hence ˈgrimliness, the state of being grimly.
14..Chaucer's Parson's T. ⁋790 (Ch. Ch. MS.) Grymlynesse of the deueles [see grimness]. 1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Affreuseté, sturdinesse, grimlinesse. 1898N. & Q. 9th Ser. I. 445 Poetical licence, for the sake of intensifying the grimliness of the apparition.
▪ II. grimly, adv.|ˈgrɪmlɪ|
Forms: 1 grim-, grymlice (compar. grimlicor, superl. grimlicost), 3 grimliche, Orm. grimmeliȝ, 4 grimli, 4–6 grymly, 3– grimly.
[OE. grimlíce (= OHG. grimlîche, grimmelîcho, MHG. grimmelîche, MDu. grimmelike, ON. grimmliga): see grim a. and -ly2.]
1. In a grim fashion; with stern or cruel action, intention, or feelings; fiercely, cruelly; also, in mod. use, austerely, rigidly, uncompromisingly.
971Blickl. Hom. 63 Þam mannum sceolan þa deman grimlice styran. a1000Martyrol. (E.E.T.S.) 134 Þa het se cyning þone hyra ealra grimlicost acwellan. c1205Lay. 1904 He..igrap hine bi þon gurdle & him grimliche heaf. a1225Ancr. R. 104 Þi spus..spekeð swuð grimliche ȝif þu wendest vt. a1300Cursor M. 15832 Nu wit bastons þai him beft ful grimli to þe grund. c1320Sir Tristr. 2376 Vrgan to tristrem ran, And grimli þere þai gret. c1400Destr. Troy 10453 Þes gird in full grymli with a grete ost. 1618Bolton Florus (1636) 261 How grimly they fought, the event sheweth. 1767Jago Edge-Hill iv. 493 Now Death, with hasty Stride, stalks o'er the Field, Grimly exulting in the bloody Fray. 1871R. Ellis Catullus lxiv. 355 So..shall..Achilles, Charge Troy's children afield and fell them grimly with iron. 1881Fowler Bacon 198 Both of them [Bacon and Luther] were grimly in earnest.
†2. Dreadfully, frightfully, shockingly, terribly.
c1200Ormin 4494 Baþe gilltenn grimmeliȝ. a1240Ureisun in Cott. Hom. 187 Mine sunnen habbeþ grimliche iwreþed me. a1310in Wright Lyric P. 112 His grene wounde so grimly conne blede. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 1534 Þer apered a paume..þat was grysly & gret, & grymly he wrytes. c1420Anturs of Arth. 163 (Thornton MS.), Nowe I am a grisely gaste, and grymly grane. 1460Lybeaus Disc. 1632 Whan they togydere mette, Ayder yn other scheld hytte, Strokes grymly greete. c1470Henry Wallace vii. 460 Sum grymly gret, quhill thar lyff dayes war gayne.
3. With a grim look or air:
a. of persons.
1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 2226 Als wode lyons thai [the devils] sal than fare..And grymly gryn on hym and blere. c1400Melayne 1398 He hade no worde to speke agayne, Bot grymly stude lukande. 1450–70Golagros & Gaw. 558 Gaudifeir and Galiot, in glemand steil wedis,..grymly thai ride. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon ii. 61 He loked grymly and fyersly in his vysage for grete wrath. 1535Coverdale Esther xv. 7 He lift vp his face..and loked grymly vpon her. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iv. xii. 5 The Auguries..looke grimly, And dare not speake their knowledge. 1635–56Cowley Davideis iii. 23 Th' uncircumcis'd smil'd grimly with disdain. 1725Pope Odyss. xxii. 39 Grimly frowning with a dreadful look. 1836W. Irving Astoria III. 243 The Indian warriors..shook their heads grimly. 1848C. Brontë J. Eyre xii. (1873) 115 [He] sprang to his saddle; grimacing grimly as he made the effort. 1856Masson Ess. vi. 235 That hard, austere man of letters..who receives you so grimly, [etc.].
b. transf. of things.
1602Marston Antonio's Rev. iv. iii. Wks. 1856 I. 122 Death, hel more grimly stare Within my heart, then in your threatning browes. 1611Shakes. Wint. T. iii. iii. 3 The skies looke grimly, And threaten present blusters. 1819Byron Juan ii. xlix, The night..grimly darkled o'er the faces pale. 1870Bryant Iliad vi. I. 206 The horse-hair plume That grimly nodded from the lofty crest. 1890Times 31 Jan. 9/2 Symbol of a grimly unsuccessful country.
c. So as to produce a grim appearance. rare.
a1366Chaucer Rom. Rose 161 Hir heed y-writhen was, y-wis, Ful grimly with a greet towayle. 1824W. Irving T. Trav. I. 45 The grimly painted portrait of her poor dear man. 1895Sir H. Maxwell Duke of Brit. i. 11 The faces of most were grimly tattooed. |