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

dermoskeletons
dermostenosis
dermostoses
dermostosis
dermosyphilopathy
dermotoxin
dermotoxins
dermotropic
dermotuberculin reaction
dermovascular
derms
dern
dernful
dernier
dernier cri
dernly (current term)
derns
derny
dero
derobement
derobements
derodidymus
derogate
derogated
derogately
derogates
derogating
derogation
derogations
derogative

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, ..."

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