ˈwershly, adv. Sc.
[f. wersh a.]
Insipidly; without animation or cordiality.
1633 W. Struther True Happiness 101 The Scribes spake warshly, as men doing some other businesse; or as Boyes in the Schoole, rehearsing other mens inventions. 1676 Row Suppl. Blair's Autobiog. xi. (1848) 364 The Moderator thanked him as slenderly and wershlie as before. |