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adv
Cleverly; smartly; bravely; quickly; speedily; soon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
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adv
At each tide; each time the tide comes in; tidally.
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History
From Middle English tidely, tydely, tidliche, from Old English tīdlīċe (“for a time; temporarily; conveniently; seasonably; in time; early; soon; quickly”), equivalent to tide + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian tiedelk, Dutch tijdelijk, German Low German tiedelk, German zeitlich, Danish tidlig, Icelandic tíðlegur.
