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English
Etymology
From souter + -ly.
Adjective
souterly (comparative more souterly, superlative most souterly)
- (obsolete) Of or relating to souters, that is, to shoemakers.
- (obsolete, by extension) Vulgar; low.
c. 1534, Thomas More, Works:And as too the special bassawes of that proude souterly Sowdan.
1568, Ulpian Fullwell, Like will to Like:You souterly knaves, show you all your manners at once.
1603, John Florio, Montaigne:And the burden-bearing porter, souterly cobbler, and toilefull labourer.
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