witterly

English

Etymology

From a Scandinavian source. Compare Middle Swedish vitterliga, early Danish viderlige.

Adverb

witterly (comparative more witterly, superlative most witterly)

1. (obsolete) Clearly, certainly; without doubt; truly. [13th–16th c.]
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I:

     I […] asked hir on þe hieȝe name · ar heo þennes ȝeode / What she were witterli.

   • c. 1540, The Destruction of Troy:

     Thies wordes, in his wo, witturly he said, / Soberly to hym-selfe.