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Middle English
- sudeinliche, sodeinliche, sodainliche, sodenly, sodeinly, sodaynely, soudaynely, sudeynly, soubdeynly, sotheynly, sodaynlyche, sodanli
Etymology
From sodeyn + -ly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suˈdæi̯nliː/, /ˈsudinliː/, /suˈdæi̯nlit͡ʃ(ə)/
Adverb
sodeynly
- Suddenly, non-gradually; without buildup or warning, in an abrupt way.
a. 1394, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Knight's Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, lines 1575–1576:He felte a coold swerd sodeynliche glyde / For ire he quook; no lenger wolde he byde- He sensed a cold sword suddenly move / He quaked due to rage; he wouldn't keep still any longer
- Unanticipatedly; without warning or prior notice.
- With immediate or quick effect; instantaneously or with great haste.
- Impulsively; in a poorly-thought or ill-conceived way.
- (rare) At the present moment.
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