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brainsickly en · ADV

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Etymology

From brainsick + -ly.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) In a brainsick manner.
   • LADY MACBETH. […] You do unbend your noble strength, to think So brainsickly of things. c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

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