"lawly" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more lawly [comparative], most lawly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English lawly, Northern variant of Middle English lowly, louly, louelich, equivalent to law (“low”) + -ly. More at lowly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lawly}} Middle English lawly, {{der|en|enm|lowly}} Middle English lowly, {{suf|en|law|ly|id2=adjectival|t1=low}} law (“low”) + -ly Head templates: {{en-adj}} lawly (comparative more lawly, superlative most lawly)
  1. (Scotland) Alternative form of lowly Tags: Scotland, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: lowly

Adjective [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈlau̯(ə)liː/, /ˈlau̯(ə)liːtʃ(ə)/
Etymology: From Old English lahlīċ (“lawful, legal”), from Old Norse lǫgligr (“lawful, legal”), equivalent to law + -ly. Cognate with Icelandic löglegur (“legal”), Swedish laglig (“legal”), Danish lovlig (“legal”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|lahlīċ||lawful, legal}} Old English lahlīċ (“lawful, legal”), {{der|enm|non|lǫgligr||lawful, legal}} Old Norse lǫgligr (“lawful, legal”), {{suf|enm|law|ly|id2=adjectival}} law + -ly, {{cog|is|löglegur||legal}} Icelandic löglegur (“legal”), {{cog|sv|laglig||legal}} Swedish laglig (“legal”), {{cog|da|lovlig||legal}} Danish lovlig (“legal”) Head templates: {{head|enm|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||{{{3}}}|head=}} lawly, {{enm-adj}} lawly
  1. Proscribed by, pertaining to, or adhering to the law; lawful; legal. Synonyms: laȝelich, laȝelic, louyly, lawelych, laulyche Derived forms: laweliche

Alternative forms

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