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† ˈclancularly, adv. Obs. or arch. [f. clancular + -ly2.] In a clandestine manner; secretly, privately.
1618Hales Lett. 20 (T.) They would do nothing clancularly. 1697Potter Antiq. Greece iv. i. (1715) 167 Such as were guilty of Self-Murder..were clancularly deposited in the Ground without the accustom'd Solemnities. 1709Strype Ann. Ref. I. xxxii. 365 Having been clancularly ordained at Geneva. 1849Blackw. Mag. LXVI. 685, I clancularly gave my orders to the steward. |