Middle English Dictionary Entry
uglī̆lī adv.
Entry Info
| Forms | uglī̆lī adv. Also ugglili, hugleli. |
| Etymology | From uglī adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Dreadfully; also, disgracefully, shamefully [1st quot.].
Associated quotations
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)29297 : Þe fifte es, man þat kirkes brinnes Or vgglili [Geb: wikkedly] þar-in wit sinnes, Als brekand rode…Or husel reft or man stain Or ani oþer cursed dede.
- a1425 LChart.Chr.C (Roy 17.C.17)652/437 : O-none scho gan tremul huglely, And forto gryse gretly with hyre body.