Middle English Dictionary Entry
smēghlī adv.
Entry Info
Forms | smēghlī adv. Also smeihliche, smealice. |
Etymology | OE smēalīce |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Craftily, cunningly.
Associated quotations
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.2 Quadr.(Bod 343)56/14 : Þa unrihtwisæn..reaferæs..smealice acsiæð..hwanon heo maȝon þa teoriȝendlican gold ȝeeacniæn.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)71 : We shule tellen alle ure gultes..and gif hit was don on untime oðer on unluuede stede..oðer on unluued wise oðer gif it was erfeð to forðen, and smeihliche bicharede.