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Middle English
Etymology
From deynous + -ly (adverbial suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dæi̯ˈnuːsliː/, /ˈdæi̯nusliː/
Adverb
deynously
- (Late Middle English, rare) disdainfully
1499, John Skelton, The Bowge of Court:And with that worde on me she gave a glome / With browes bente and gan on me to stare / Full daynnously, and fro me she dyde fare, / Levynge me stondynge as a mased man [...].- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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