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- adjective Of or pertaining to
land or the land;terrestrial ;rural ;rustic .
Etymologies
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From land + -ly. Cognate with German ländlich ("rural").
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Sick of that miserable place, in my ill-humour I cursed Ireland, and twice resolved to return to London: but the wind changed, my carriage was on board the packet; so I sailed and landly safely in Dublin.
Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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