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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: 1665
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(Constipatly,) Constupatly, adv. [Constipat p.p.] Constipatedly. — 1665 Lauder Journal 52.
We … heard one of the order preach his panygyrick … so constupatly that the auditory … had much ado to keip from laughing
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