muchly

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English

Etymology

From much +‎ -ly.

Adverb

muchly (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) very much, very
    • 1912 September, Roubaix l’Abrie-Richey, “The Webfoot”, in Overland Monthly, volume LX, number 3, San Francisco, Calif., page 241, columns 1–2:
      Finally he partially unbuttoned his muchly-braided coat and drew forth a package done up neatly in white tissue paper.
    • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 11: Sirens]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, , →OCLC, part II , page 253:
      Respectable girl meet after mass. Tanks awfully muchly.
    • 1958, Lee Forney Crawford, William Webb Crawford, Dean of Birmingham Bankers, and Family Sketches, Genealogies, Birmingham, Ala.: Roberts & Son, →OCLC, page 104:
      Their pleasantly risque jokes were muchly enjoyed by their set of friends.

Usage notes

  • Often regarded as a misconstruction of adverbial much.

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