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Old English
Etymology
From gewīs + -līċe
Adverb
ġewīslīċe (comparative ġewīslīcor, superlative ġewīslīcost)
- exactly
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Swithhun, Bishop"
Þa eode se smið ge-egsod þanon and ġemette on cypingcge þæs eadzies mann and sæde him gewislice hwæt swyðun him bebead and bæd hine georne þæt he hit abude him.- Then went the smith awestricken thence, and in the market-place met a serf of this Eadsige, and told him exactly what Swithhun bade him, and earnestly prayed him to report it to him.