"basely" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-basely.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more basely [comparative], most basely [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Late Latin bassus Old French basbor. Middle English bas English base Middle English -ly English -ly English basely From base + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|base<id:bassus>|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Late Latin bassus Old French basbor. Middle English bas English base Middle English -ly English -ly English basely [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "bassus", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "bas", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "bas", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "base", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "adverbial", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adverbial", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "basely", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="basely"> From base + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} basely (comparative more basely, superlative most basely)
  1. In a base manner
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