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signally, adv.|ˈsɪgnəlɪ|
Also 7 signaly.
[f. signal a. Cf. obs. F. signalement in the same sense.]
In a signal or striking manner.
1641in Archaeologia I. 99 The Lord of hosts did signally appear for us. a1676Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. viii. (1677) 205 But if we follow the Account of the Septuagint,..the advantage of the Increase would be signally greater. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. iii. 139 The same cruelty which they had so often and so signally exerted against their Spanish neighbours. c1800Foster Life & Corr. (1846) I. 230 A being signally marked from her co-evals. 1856Stanley Sinai & Pal. i. (1858) 55 It is hard to recall another institution, with such opportunities so signally wasted. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1877) II. 433 All attempts to limit the choice of the electors beforehand had always signally failed. |