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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1610
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(Smilingly,) Smylingly, adv. [e.m.E. smylyngly (c1500); Smiling ppl. adj.] In a smiling, amused, etc. manner. — c1610 Melville Mem. 120.
The quen … culd not refrain from putting hir hand in his nek to kittle him smylingly
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"Smilingly adv.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 13 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/smilingly>
