Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adv
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryIn a wet manner. · Ineffectually, feebly, showing no strength of character.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Germanic *wētaz Proto-West Germanic *wāt Old English wǣt Middle English wet English wet Middle English -ly English -ly English wetly From wet + -ly.
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