† ˈthraftly, adv. Obs.
Forms: 3 þræfliche, 6 thraftly.
[perh. f. OE. þræft quarrel, contention, chiding (= ON. þrapt quarrel: cf. OE. þrafian to urge, press, rebuke, censure) + -ly2.]
? Angrily; surlily.
| c 1205 Lay. 27797 Ah Bruttes him þrungen to þræfliche [c 1275 wroþliche] swiðe. a 1578 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. xxi. xxxvi. (MS. F. Advoc. Libr.; ed. 1728, 171), Where they were bot thraftlie receaved of the King. |