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▪ I. deafly, adv.|ˈdɛflɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In a deaf manner: a. Without hearing (lit. and fig.); b. Dully, indistinctly; ‘obscurely to the ear’ (J.).
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace 5236 Bot Iulius Cesar wold hym nought here; fful deflike [v.r. defly] herde he his preyere. 1552Huloet, Deaflye, surde. 1626T. H[awkins] Caussin's Holy Crt. 36 They might (perhaps) deafly attend deuotion in the silence of a little family. 1827Pollok Course T. iii. 1022 Blindly, deafly, obstinate. a1861Clough Misc. Poems, Uranus 21 Deafly heard Were hauntings dim of old astrologies.
¶ deafly deep. Of uncertain meaning. With quot. 1400 cf. devely, devily a.
c1400Sowdone Bab. 265 The Dikes were so develye depe, Thai helde hem selfe Chek-mate. 1605Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iii. iv. (1641) 184/2 Rivers the most deafly-deep.
▪ II. deafly
var. form of deavely a. |