Middle English Dictionary Entry

ivel(e adv.
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Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
(a) Wickedly, evilly, treacherously; (b) ~ imanered (tached, theued), wicked in behavior; ~ mouthed, slanderous; (c) unfavorably; ~ enfourmed of the, informed of your wickedness; ~ losed, having a bad reputation, ill-reputed.
2.
(a) With bad results, to bad effect, to the detriment (of sb.), disastrously, wretchedly; (b) with hostility, painfully, cruelly; (c) unfortunately, unluckily.
3.
(a) In an ugly or unnatural way, unpleasantly, unhealthily; ~ complexiouned, having an unhealthy blend of humors; ~ i)heued, pallid, looking unhealthy; ~ morigerate (theued), of a defect or disease: malign; ~ savoured, ill-tasting; me (the, him) ~ thinketh of, I (you, he) think(s it unpleasant or unbearable; (b) unskillfully, incompetently, faultily, inadequately; ~ i)taught, badly taught, bad-mannered; (c) erroneously, mistakenly; ~ founded, of trust: erroneously based; (d) very little, not at all; ~ at ese, weakened by wounds or sickness; also, upset; ~ paied (apaied), displeased; (e) with difficulty, scarcely, hardly.