† sootlyadv.
Obsolete. rare.
In a sweet or pleasant manner; sweetly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adverb]
sweetlyc900
queemlyOE
lustly971
winlyc1000
sootlya1125
to (a person's) queemc1175
lustilya1225
avenantlya1375
pleasinglya1398
queema1400
beinc1400
farrandlyc1400
pleasantlyc1400
pleasantlya1425
queemfullyc1425
thankfullyc1480
greablyc1500
dulcely1508
dulcea1525
pleasant1553
agreeably?1567
pleasurably1580
sugarly1587
flattering1597
sweet1597
attractively1640
well-pleasingly1645
welcomely1646
flatteringly1661
relishingly1677
satisfyingly1743
sweetsome1799
smilingly1806
dulcetly1810
gratifyingly1822
honeyedly1832
enjoyably1877
suavely1883
congenially1884
a fair treat1884
a1125 in Napier Contrib. O.E. Lex. 60 Heo byð swa swotlice gefostrede.
a1225 Leg. Kath. 1392 Ah heo ham onswerede, & swoteliche seide [etc.].
c1230 Hali Meid. 41 He vnderfeð bliðeliche, & bicluppeð swoteluche, þe alre laðlukest.
1614 J. Davies in W. Browne Shepheards Pipe sig. G4 Chaplets..To crowne their scalpes that couth most swootly sing.
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adv.a1125- strangelovian
- strangelovism
- strangely
- strangemoulded
- strangeness
- strangenesses
- strangeplumaged
- stranger
- stranger danger
- stranger in blood
- stranger-born
- stranger-guest
- stranger-like
- stranger-tongued
- stranger-wise
- strangerborn
- strangerdom
- strangered
- strangerguest
- strangerhood
- strangering
- strangerlike
- strangers
- strangers' silver
- strangers'-gallery