† ˈbrothely, a. and adv. Obs.
Also brodly, brothelych, brodelyche.
[ME.: in sense a., f. brothe a. + -ly1, -ly2; cf. the northern form brathly. Sense b. (only in Allit. Poems) may perhaps be a deriv. of brothel.]
A. adj. Fierce, violent, angry.
| 1330 R. Brunne Chron. 166 Fulle broþely & brim he kept vp a trencheour, & kast it at Statin. |
b. Vile, bad.
| c 1325 E.E. Allit. P. B. 847 Þe worlde stynkes Of þe brych þat vpbraydez þose broþelych wordez. |
B. adv. Quickly, hastily; violently, furiously.
| c 1340 Cursor M. 18918 (Trin.) Brodly [Cott. brathli] on þat hous hit brast. c 1340 Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 2377 Þenne he..Brayde broþely þe belt to þe burne seluen. ? a 1400 Morte Arth. 1408 Þe embuschement of Bretons brake owte at ones, Brothely at banere. a 1400 Sir Perc. 2121 Percevelle..asked wherefore and why He banned it so brothely. |
b. Vilely, in ill plight.
| c 1325 E.E. Allit. P. B. 1256 Broþely broȝt to Babyloyn þer bale to suffer. Ibid. C. 474 [Jonah] blusched to his wodbynde þat broþely watz marred. |