English Explanatory Dictionary

dreely

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Highly; largely; nobly; earnestly.
  2. Slowly; tediously.

Word forms

dreely dreelier more dreely dreeliest most dreely dreighly

Etymology

From Middle English drely, dreȝly, dreghly, dryȝly, equivalent to dree + -ly. Cognate with Scots dreichly (“steadily, copiously”).

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