witterly
English
Etymology
From a Scandinavian source. Compare Middle Swedish vitterliga, early Danish viderlige.
Adverb
witterly (comparative more witterly, superlative most witterly)
- (obsolete) Clearly, certainly; without doubt; truly. [13th–16th c.]
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:
- I […] asked hir on þe hieȝe name · ar heo þennes ȝeode / What she were witterli.
- c. 1540, The Destruction of Troy:
- Thies wordes, in his wo, witturly he said, / Soberly to hym-selfe.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I: