synderlice

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From synder +‎ -līċe.

Adverb[edit]

synderlīce

  1. particularly, in particular
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "The Assumption of St. John the Apostle"
      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.
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
      ...swīþost swā þēah synderlīce tō maure...
      ...but especially, however, to Maurus in particular;...