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serely en · ADV

Etymology

From Middle English serly, serelych, serelyche, equivalent to sere (“separate, different, distinct”) + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (archaic, dialectal) separately; differently; severally; distinctly.
    • Under the Heaven and also above The waters serely shall be seen, And so I will my posty prove By creatures of kinds clean. 2012, Christina M. Fitzgerald, John T. Sebastian, The Broadview Anthology of Medieval Drama - Page 87:

Forms

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seerly alternative lexicographic
more serely Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most serely Degree=Sup lexicographic