"dreely" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: dreelier [comparative], more dreely [comparative], dreeliest [superlative], most dreely [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English drely, dreȝly, dreghly, dryȝly, equivalent to dree + -ly. Cognate with Scots dreichly (“steadily, copiously”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|drely}} Middle English drely, {{m|enm|dreȝly}} dreȝly, {{m|enm|dreghly}} dreghly, {{m|enm|dryȝly}} dryȝly, {{suffix|en|dree|ly}} dree + -ly, {{cog|sco|dreichly||steadily, copiously}} Scots dreichly (“steadily, copiously”) Head templates: {{en-adv|er|more}} dreely (comparative dreelier or more dreely, superlative dreeliest or most dreely)
  1. (Now chiefly dialectal) Highly; largely; nobly; earnestly.
    Sense id: en-dreely-en-adv-aB2-fY1G
  2. (Now chiefly dialectal) Slowly; tediously.
    Sense id: en-dreely-en-adv--2R8AbiB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dreighly [Scotland]

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