mallement
Middle French
Etymology
Old French malement.
Adverb
mallement
- evilly
- unfortunately (in a manner which is unfortunate)
- intimidatingly
- badly; seriously
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 76:
- lui demanderent s'il estoit mallement blecé
- [they] asked him if he was badly injured
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References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (malement, supplement)