snelly

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.

adv

  1. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) quickly; sharply; acutely; coldly
    The snaw drives snelly through the dale. 1811, Charles Gray, The Minstrel
  2. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, in speech) sharply; severely; tartly; curtly

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