Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adv
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryCertainly; surely.
From Middle English wisly (“certainly”), equivalent to wis + -ly.
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- Inherited-form mentionwislyenm · certainly
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