† ˈsemnable a., † ˈsemnably adv.
Used by Fuller = semblable a., semblably adv.
| 1651 Fuller Abel Rediv., Huss 19 That semnably with rhetoricall flusculations I should endevour to adorne his memoriall. 1659 ― Appeal Injured Innoc. iii. 57 As Marriners..are fain to fetch a compass; Semnably, I..was faine to go about. a 1661 ― Worthies, Northumb. (1662) ii. 302 From Berwick to Dover three hundred miles over: That is from one end of the land to the other. Semnable the Scripture expression, From Dan to Ber-sheba. |