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dreely

dreely adverb: highly; largely; nobly; earnestly.

Adverb

dreely (comparative dreelier or more dreely, superlative dreeliest or most dreely)

  1. (dialectal) Highly; largely; nobly; earnestly.
  2. (dialectal) Slowly; tediously.

Forms of dreely

comparativedreelier
comparativemore dreely
superlativedreeliest
superlativemost dreely
alternative formdreighly

Origin of dreely

From Middle English drely, dreȝly, dreghly, dryȝly, equivalent to dree + -ly. Cognate with Scots dreichly (“steadily, copiously”).

Questions about dreely

What does dreely mean?
Dreely means highly; largely; nobly; earnestly.
What part of speech is dreely?
Dreely is an adverb.

Words near dreely in the dictionary

  1. dreed
  2. dreeing
  3. dreeing one's weird
  4. Dreeite
  5. Dreeite South
  6. dreely
  7. dreen
  8. dreens
  9. dreep
  10. dreeped
  11. dreeping

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