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1, Falstaff), OED Vildly adv. records 1575–1748; villainously ‘outrageously’: And crosse garter’d? 70–1, Sir Toby | Maria), OED Villainously adv. 159, Friar Peter), King pp. 7 Q, Exton; F has wistly), OED Wishly adv. 1 records 1559–1607 before C19. 2. Adjectives as adverbs without ending especially where F and Q differ With increasing use of the suffix 〈-ly〉, endingless adverbs became less formal. Most forms used as adverbs are adjectives, but a few are nouns. ample ‘completely’ (often fawning): You see my Lord, how ample y’are belou’d.
1, Falstaff), OED Vildly adv. records 1575–1748; villainously ‘outrageously’: And crosse garter’d? 70–1, Sir Toby | Maria), OED Villainously adv. 159, Friar Peter), King pp. 7 Q, Exton; F has wistly), OED Wishly adv. 1 records 1559–1607 before C19. 2. Adjectives as adverbs without ending especially where F and Q differ With increasing use of the suffix 〈-ly〉, endingless adverbs became less formal. Most forms used as adverbs are adjectives, but a few are nouns. ample ‘completely’ (often fawning): You see my Lord, how ample y’are belou’d.
135, Bassanio), King p. 2; naughtily ‘indecently’: as if I meant naughtily. 40, Cressida), OED Naughtily adv. 51, Hotspur); OED Neglectingly adv. 17, Constance); *reportingly ‘by hearsay’: and I Beleeue it better then reportingly. ; scantly †‘grudgingly’: he hath . . 143, Bastard), OED Sightly a. and adv. 1; soundly ‘completely’: Who dotes, yet doubts: Suspects, yet soundly loues? 3 [1577]; *startingly ‘in fits and starts’: Why do you speake so startingly, and rash? ; stinkingly ‘filthily’: So stinkingly depending?