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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1456-1500
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Amorously, -usly, adv. [ME. amorously (Chaucer).] Lovingly. —1456 Hay I. 299/36 (he suld cheris thame amorously). a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 1046 (scho lukit dovne sa amorously).
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"Amorously adv.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 13 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/amorously>
