Middle English Dictionary Entry
wīdlī adv.
Entry Info
Forms | wīdlī adv. |
Etymology | From wīd(e adj. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Translating L lātē: ?so as to provide space or breadth; ?completely, thoroughly.
Associated quotations
- (a1382) WBible(1) (Bod 959)Job 36.16 : Þerfore he shal sauen þee fro þe streite mouþ most wijdly [L latissime].