[1505–15; nasalized var. of ME drublie, droblie, OE drōflīc, equiv. to drōf turbid, troubled (c. G trüb) + -līc-ly]This word is first recorded in the period 1505–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: alternate, hub, joggle, jump, wagon-ly is a suffix forming adverbs from adjectives. Other words that use the affix -ly include: deeply, elliptically, residually