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Definition of Dernly
1. adv. Secretly; grievously; mournfully.
Definition of Dernly
1. Adverb. (obsolete) Secretly. ¹
2. Adverb. (obsolete) Sternly, imposingly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dernly
1. secretly [adv] - See also: secretly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dernly
Literary usage of Dernly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"dernly unto her called to abstain Had not the ladie, which by him stood ...
Seeking adventures hard, to exercise Their puissance, whilom full dernly tried. ..."
2. The New Statistical Account of Scotland by Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy (1845)
"The patronage appears to have gone, with the manor of Tor- bolton, to the Stewarts
of dernly, in 1361. John Cameron, the Bishop of Glasgow, ..."
Other Resources:
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