snelly
adv/ˈsnɛli/
Etymology From Middle English snelly, snellych, snellik, snellich, from Old English snellīċe (“rapidly, quickly, with activity”), from snellīċ (“moving quickly; swift”), equivalent to snell + -ly.
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Northern England, Scotland, UK, Dialectal quickly; sharply; acutely; coldly
- The snaw drives snelly through the dale.1811, Charles Gray, The Minstrel:
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Northern England, Scotland, UK, Dialectal, In speech sharply; severely; tartly; curtly