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ˈvengeably, adv. Now arch. or Obs.
Also 5 vengably, 6 vengeablie, -eiably, veangeably.
[f. prec.]
1. In a revengeful manner; vindictively; cruelly, pitilessly.
1412–20Lydg. Chron. Troy iv. 2775 Þis Achille of cruelte..Þe dede cors toke oute of þe taas, And vengably bond it. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 105 Right so it plesed vnto God that he shulde deye vengeably. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xx. 453 He..smote a knyghte soo vengably that he cast hym doun deed to the erthe. 1549Latimer 4th Serm. bef. Edw. VI (Arb.) 103 So that they do it charitiablye louyngelye, not of malyce, not vengeably, not couetouslye. 1586J. Hooker Hist. Irel. in Holinshed II. 78/1 The Irish enimie..vengeablie haue brent a great towne of mine inheritance in Meth, called Ramore.
1848Anne Bronte Agnes Grey xiv, Miss Matilda, having..vengeably thumped the piano for an hour, in a terrible humour both with me and it.
2. Exceedingly, greatly, very.
c1550Bale Apol. 113 But ye are lyke to come vengeably short. 1575Laneham Let. (1871) 12 It woold haue made mee, for my part, az hardy az I am, very veangeably afeard. 1607R. C[arew] tr. Estienne's World of Wond. 291 Some [priests and monks]..haue bin so vengeably learned. |