† ˈfelonly, adv. Obs.
[f. felon a. + -ly2.]
In a ‘felon’ manner, wickedly; fiercely, bitterly, cruelly, severely, also in weaker sense, grievously.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 12286 (Cott.) Yur sun urs nu feld wit strijf And felunsli him broght o lijf. 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 1358 Who so demyþ felunsly..He shal no mercy haue. Ibid. 1441 A man..þat felunlyche dyde euere wrong. c 1330 ― Chron. Wace (Rolls) 3028 Þe felonloker þey hem abated. c 1475 Rauf Coilȝear 18 Sa feirslie fra the Firmament, sa fellounlie it fure. 1533 Bellenden Livy v. (1822) 473 The Gaulis als war fellony [read fellonly] invadit be pestilence. 1581 Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. (1887) 166 Ouerflowing number..doth festure fellonly..with most rebellious enterprises. |