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English
Etymology
From brainsick + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
brainsickly (comparative more brainsickly, superlative most brainsickly)
- (obsolete) In a brainsick manner.
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :LADY MACBETH. You do unbend your noble strength, to think
So brainsickly of things.
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