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allenarly

allenarly adverb: solely; only.

Adverb

allenarly (not comparable)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) Solely; only.
    • I grant thereto, she shall be well answered thereof; not allenarly of the same, but the double thereof, and make your memorial of all your desires, number and valour thereof, and ye shall not have alone the single, but the double thereof.1728, Robert Lindsay, The History of Scotland from 1436 to 1565, page 198
    • […] is not habilis modus to establish a Right in the Person of the Assigny, but allenarly so long as the Cedent remains Heritor of the Lands […]1734, Sir Thomas Hope, “Title XV”, in Practical Observations Upon Divers Titles of the Law of Scotland, Commonly called Hope's Minor Praticks

Forms of allenarly

alternative formallenerly
alternative formallanerly

Origin of allenarly

From all + Scots anerly (“singly”), from ane (“one”).

Questions about allenarly

What does allenarly mean?
Allenarly means solely; only.
What part of speech is allenarly?
Allenarly is an adverb.

Words near allenarly in the dictionary

  1. Allen's hummingbird
  2. Allen's hummingbirds
  3. Allen's rule
  4. Allen's swamp monkey
  5. Allen's swamp monkeys
  6. allenarly
  7. Allenbaugh
  8. Allenbaughs
  9. Allenby
  10. Allendale
  11. Allendale County

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