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Old English · adverb

cuþlice

Part of speech
adverb
IPA
/ˈkuːθˌliː.t͡ʃe/
[ˈkuːðˌliː.t͡ʃe]
Syllables
ˈkuːθ · ˌliː · t͡ʃe (3 syllables)

Meaning

  1. clearly, certainly

  2. openly, brazenly

    ...sēlre byþ ǣġhwām þæt hē ēaðmēdum ellorfūsne oncnāwe cūðlīce, swā þæt Crist bebēad þēoden þrȳmfæst.

    ...better is it for everyone that he with modesty the ready to depart should openly acknowledge, as that Christ commanded the glorious king.

    The Legend of St. Andrew in Verse
  3. publicly

    ...cūðlīce ætēowode maneġum mannum, swā swā Matheus āwrāt.

    ...and publicly appeared to many men, as Matthew has written.

    c. 992, Ælfric, "Palm Sunday. On The Lord's Passion"

Etymology

From cūþlīċ + -e.

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