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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1583
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Inferiouslie, adv. [e.m.E. (rare) inferious adj. (1607).] As an inferior person. — 1583 Maxwell Mem. II. 153.
Sa inferiouslie wsit … as I wald haue beine laithe to haue done the lyk to ony ȝeman
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