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ˈsmeethly, adv. ? Obs.
Also 3 smeðeliche, 4 smeþelyche, -lich, -ly, 4 smetheliche, 5 Sc. smeth(e)ly.
[f. smeeth a. + -ly2.]
Smoothly.
a1225Leg. Kath. 356 Þeos meiden..smirkinde smeðeliche ȝef him þullich onswere. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Kt. 1789 Smeþely con he smyle. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 259 Þe kyng excused hym self smeþeliche. c1425Wyntoun Cron. viii. 5072 (Wemyss), And he, as bourdand, said smethly: ‘Man, will þov haif of me iusting’ [etc.]. 1808in Jamieson. |