† dernlyadv.
Obsolete.
1. In a secret manner, with secrecy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adverb]
stillyc1000
dernlyc1175
dernea1200
privement?c1225
hidlingsa1250
in hidela1300
in scubardisa1300
stilla1300
hidel-likea1325
privyc1330
ywryȝeliche1340
in secre wysec1374
hidinglya1382
hidlya1382
in privy1384
closea1387
secrelyc1386
stalworthlya1400
covertlyc1400
secrec1405
in hidlings1422
secretly1447
secretementc1470
in secret1474
hugger-muggera1529
in hugger-mugger1529
secret1539
underboard1548
closely1552
darkly1559
in secret wise1563
hiddenly1580
tectly1587
underwater1600
concealedly1622
underground1632
occultly1641
in petto1647
under the rosea1704
subterraneously1791
suppressedly1825
underfoot1860
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 153 Nedre smugeð derneliche.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 104 For to..don dearnliche þrin fleschliche fulðen.
c1300 Beket 27 This Maide longede sore And lovede him durneliche.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xiv. 164 Menye of þo bryddes Hudden and heleden durneliche here egges, For no foul sholde hem fynde.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2517 Dernlik he did þam bide.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 13700 Þe schalke, that..so dernely hym did dere & dispit.
2. So as to be concealed or hidden.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adverb] > so as to conceal
dernlyc1305
privilyc1450
c1305 St. Kenelm 283 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 55 Þe holi bodi: þat durneliche lai þere.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. i. 146 So dernly hyd none wyst quhair he was gone.
3. Dismally. [A Spenserian archaism.]
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adverb] > in a gloomy or depressing manner
louringly1576
drearily1579
dernly1590
darkly1597
gloomingly1598
dolesomelya1626
discouraginglya1651
mopishly1651
dismally1653
depressivelya1670
surlily1711
dishearteningly1742
funereally1774
cheerlessly1789
unjoyously1812
ghastily1829
ghastlily1829
desolately1831
unjoyfully1831
depressingly1847
lugubriously1848
dispiritingly1882
uncheerfully1890
drearly1891
greyly1898
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Bb7 Their puissaunce, whylome full dernly tryde.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. xii. sig. Oo6 Had not the Lady..Dernly vnto him called to abstaine.
1591 E. Spenser Daphnaïda xxviii Thus dearnely plained.
1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage ii. xx. 223 A Lion..roared so dernely, that all the women in Rome (foure hundred miles from thence) for very horror proued abortive.
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