† deˈformly, adv. Obs.
[f. deform a. + -ly2.]
In a ‘deform’ manner, with distortion, deformedly.
a 1684 Leighton Serm. Habak. iii. 17, 18 (R.) A limb out of joint, which..moves both deformely and painfully. a 1734 North Lives (1890) II. 335 [He] often laughed, but (as his visage was then distorted) most deformly. |