2. Adverb. (dialectal or obsolete) Quickly, speedily, promptly. ¹
3. Adverb. (dialectal or obsolete) Strongly; vehemently; very. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swith
1. quickly [adv] - See also: quickly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swith
Literary usage of Swith
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"My Ladye reads you swith return; And, if but one poor straw you burn, Or do our
towers so much molest As scare one swallow from her nest, 380 Saint Mary ..."
2. Kettner's Book of the Table: A Manual of Cookery, Practical, Theoretical by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1877)
"There are some books in which the word clean is repeated so often swith a severe
injunction, that if all these phrases were cut out and collected together ..."
3. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"My Ladye reads you swith return; And, if but one poor straw you burn, Or do our
towers so much molest As scare one swallow from her nest, 380 Saint Mary ..."
4. Kettner's Book of the Table: A Manual of Cookery, Practical, Theoretical by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1877)
"There are some books in which the word clean is repeated so often swith a severe
injunction, that if all these phrases were cut out and collected together ..."
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