Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A Scotch form of
sorely .
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Examples
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''Tis o' no use to them, sairly now when they must be busied gathering their hosts for war. '
Three Hearts and Three Lions Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1953
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Or kenn'd ye the banners were tatter'd sae sairly;
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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Then tongue, neive, and cudgel, she 'll lay on me sairly.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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While back in his teeth his own text she flings sairly.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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"It is my ain little bairnie," Mrs. MacDougall whispered; "but sairly altered, sairly changed."
Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various
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English; he only kenned o 'mony fine men killed or sairly wounded.
Hunter's Marjory A Story for Girls Margaret Bruce Clarke
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'If it had been aad "Oleomargarine," commented my companion,' it wud ha 'done him good, for he's sairly wantin' a bit exercise. '
Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease
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For weel I wat they'll sairly miss him [wot, sorely]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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` ` Will ye gie me your word, Earnscliff, '' said the marauder, who still lingered at the shot-hole, ` ` your faith and troth, with hand and glove, that I am free to come and free to gae, with five minutes to open the grate, and five minutes to steek it and to draw the bolts? less winna do, for they want creishing sairly.
The Black Dwarf 1898
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My grand-daughter doesn't like to be kept waitin 'when the tea is ready, for it takes me time to crammle aboon the grees, for there be a many of 'em; an', miss, I lack belly-timber sairly by the clock.
Dracula 1897
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