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21. right(e adv.

Additional spellings: righte
478 quotations in 12 senses
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As intensifier with adverbs: exactly, precisely, just: (a) right an-on (nou-þe), tho right, at once, immediately [see also an-on adv. & conj.1.(b), nou-þe adv.1.(a)]; right nou (so, then, tho), just…

22. sēlī̆lī adv.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Happily; (b) blessedly.

23. sellī adv.

24 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) In a wondrous manner, strangely, unusually; also, ?impressively [2nd quot.]; (b) severely, vigorously; quickly; (c) as intensifier: very, extremely, very much; also, very well [quot.: Macer].

24. sharpe adv.

18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Sharply, keenly; also, piercingly; (b) loudly, shrilly; (c) fiercely; intensely; also, vigorously, eagerly [quot.: ?a1450]; sharpe lokinge; (d) swiftly; with pun on sense (a) [2nd quot.]; sharpe

25. sitthe adv.

76 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Afterward, after that, then; subsequently, since then; (b) sitthe after (hider-ward, til this time), from that time until now; al-weies (ever) sitthe, ever afterward, ever since; longe sitthe

26. sitthen adv.

104 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Afterward, after that, subsequently; then; (b) thenceforward, from that time on; (c) sitthen after (after-ward), then afterward; sitthen or soon, sooner or later, eventually; sitthen ther-after

27. thwī̆rlī adv.

1 quotation in 1 sense
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Perversely, iniquitously.