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English
Etymology
From Middle English snelly, snellych, snellik, snellich, from Old English snellīċe (“rapidly, quickly, with activity”), from snellīċ (“moving quickly; swift”), equivalent to snell + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
snelly (comparative more snelly, superlative most snelly)
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) quickly; sharply; acutely; coldly
1811, Charles Gray, The Minstrel:The snaw drives snelly through the dale.
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, in speech) sharply; severely; tartly; curtly