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sickerly

sickerly adverb: certainly.

Adverb

sickerly

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) Certainly.
    • My Lord sickerly, / Quoth he, faine would I your pleasure fulfill.1614, William Browne, The Shepheards Pipe
    • Awa awaw, sayn yeou this sickerly, or done you but jaum me?1634, Richard Brome, Thomas Heywood, The Late Lancashire Witches

Origin of sickerly

From Middle English sikerly; equivalent to sicker + -ly.

Questions about sickerly

What does sickerly mean?
Sickerly means certainly.
What part of speech is sickerly?
Sickerly is an adverb.

Words near sickerly in the dictionary

  1. sickenings
  2. sickens
  3. sicker
  4. sickered
  5. sickering
  6. sickerly
  7. sickerness
  8. sickers
  9. Sickert
  10. Sickertian
  11. sickest

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