arrantlyadv.
Thoroughly (in a bad sense), notoriously, ‘abominably’.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > heinousness > [adverb]
foullyOE
ranklyOE
awly?c1225
wickc1330
deeplyc1384
cursedlyc1386
outrageouslya1387
wickeda1400
outragelya1425
heinouslyc1440
enormly1538
arrantly?1548
enormouslya1617
flagitiously1622
enormiouslya1641
flagrantly1756
atrociously1765
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something bad
sorea1300
grievously1340
terrible1490
beastly?1518
shrewdlyc1533
arrantly?1548
murrainly?1548
abominablea1550
pestilence1567
pestilently1567
cursedly1570
pestiferously1570
murrain1575
plaguey1584
plaguilya1586
grievous1598
scandalously1602
horridly1603
terribly1604
monstrously1611
hellish1614
dreadfullya1616
horrid1615
pestilenta1616
infernally1638
preposterously1661
woeful1684
confoundedly1694
confounded1709
glaringly1709
cursed1719
flagrantly1756
weary1790
disgustingly1804
filthy1827
blamed1833
peskily1833
pesky1833
blame1843
blasted1854
wickedly1858
blatantly1878
shamelessly1885
disgracefully1893
ruddy1913
bastarda1935
pissing1951
sodding1954
pissingly1971
?1548 L. Shepherd John Bon 5 Ye sing so arantly well, ye make me fal a slepe.
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables cccxi. 273 Funeral Tears are as Arrantly Hir'd-out as Mourning cloaks.
1834 H. Taylor Philip van Artevelde ii. v. iii That is a heavy falling-off, my friends, And arrantly ill-timed.
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