† mornlyadv.
Obsolete.
In the morn or morning; every morning. Cf. morningly adv.
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the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > morning > [adverb]
earlyOE
orOE
ereOE
amornOE
amorrowc1275
rathec1275
betimea1300
morningc1325
of (also in, on) morningsc1395
a-morninga1400
a-morningsc1400
betimes1481
morningly1560
in the morning1562
ante meridiem1563
timeous1566
rare1574
in a morning1591
rearly1596
timeouslyc1600
mornly1605
a.m.1651
rear1714
antemeridian1770
bright and early1805
matutinely1833
matutinally1897
ack emma1918
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 422 All the winged quiars, Which mornly warble, on greene trembling briars Eare-tickling tunes.
1609 T. Heywood Troia Britanica xii. lxix These faire Andromache doth mornely feed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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