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† ˈbrothely, a. and adv. Obs.
Also brodly, brothelych, brodelyche.
[ME.: in sense a., f. brothe a. + -ly1, -ly2; cf. the northern form brathly. Sense b. (only in Allit. Poems) may perhaps be a deriv. of brothel.]
A. adj. Fierce, violent, angry.
1330R. Brunne Chron. 166 Fulle broþely & brim he kept vp a trencheour, & kast it at Statin.
b. Vile, bad.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 847 Þe worlde stynkes Of þe brych þat vpbraydez þose broþelych wordez.
B. adv. Quickly, hastily; violently, furiously.
c1340Cursor M. 18918 (Trin.) Brodly [Cott. brathli] on þat hous hit brast. c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 2377 Þenne he..Brayde broþely þe belt to þe burne seluen. a1400Morte Arth. 1408 Þe embuschement of Bretons brake owte at ones, Brothely at banere. a1400Sir Perc. 2121 Percevelle..asked wherefore and why He banned it so brothely.
b. Vilely, in ill plight.
c1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 1256 Broþely broȝt to Babyloyn þer bale to suffer. Ibid. C. 474 [Jonah] blusched to his wodbynde þat broþely watz marred. |