Old English · adverb
synderlice
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /ˈsyn.derˌliː.t͡ʃe/
- Syllables
- ˈsyn · der · ˌliː · t͡ʃe (4 syllables)
Meaning
particularly, in particular
He wæs Cristes moddrian sunu, and he hine lufode synderlīce; na swa micclum for ðære mæglican sibbe swa for ðære clænnysse his ansundan mægðhades.
He was the son of Christ's maternal aunt, and he loved him particularly, not so much for the consanguinity, as for the purity of his uncorrupted chastity.
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Assumption of St. John the Apostle"
Etymology
From synder + -līċe.
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