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sorrily
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English
Etymology
From Middle English soryly, from Old English sāriġlīċ; equivalent to sorry + -ly.
Adverb
sorrily (comparative more sorrily, superlative most sorrily)
- In a sorry manner; poorly.
- a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
- Thy pipe, O Pan, shall help, though I sing sorrily.
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